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E-Crop Survey Assistant Booked for Improper Entries in Nanded
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News18•23-09-2026, 22:00
E-Crop Survey Assistant Booked for Improper Entries in Nanded
- •An e-crop survey assistant in Nanded district, Maharashtra, was booked for allegedly making incorrect crop survey entries and uploading edited overlay photographs.
- •The assistant violated prescribed procedures by using the "photo-over-photo" (PIP) method instead of capturing actual crop images in the fields.
- •An inquiry revealed improper crop survey entries and an alleged attempt to mislead the government through the process.
- •The case was registered following directions from the district collector, initiated by the Kandhar tehsildar through the village revenue officer.
- •Maharashtra utilizes the Digital Crop Survey (DCS) system, where data directly impacts land ownership documents, crop loans, disaster compensation, subsidies, and crop insurance claims.
Key Questions Answered
A case was registered because the assistant allegedly made an incorrect crop survey entry and uploaded edited overlay photographs instead of actual crop photos in Somthana village.
Officials discovered that photographs had been uploaded using the photo-over-photo method rather than physically inspecting and photographing the actual crops in the fields.
The data flows directly into the 7/12 land ownership extract and is utilized to process crop loans, disaster compensation, government subsidies, and crop insurance claims.