LANDS is CMC's IT solution for the operation and management of a modern urban land development authority and / or an urban housing board. It enhances transparency in customer operations, availability and security of data, provides a better collaborative environment and improves customer services. The end customer can get any relevant information from a single source.

The product suite of the urban land management solution consists of the following modules:

Land acquisition and planning

	Uses a state-of-the-art geographical information system
	Maintenance of khasra land record details (khasra is the crop inspection register, giving details of the crop, cultivator and area under such crops)
	Entry of khasra and other land record maps in a digitised format
	Maintenance of different notices published in newspapers and the government gazette under different sections

Engineering works monitoring

	The head office allocates the scheme / sub-scheme / work to various divisions
	Preparation of milestone schedules for the execution of the work
	Authorities specify whether work is to be done internally by a departmental agency or a contract is to be awarded
	Measurement book entry
	Generation of bills based on the measurement book
	Releasing properties for disposal
	Tender sub-module

Stores management

	Maintains master databases for items, vendors
	Demands along with the schedule
	In case of a tender, entry of tender details
	Supply of the material details along with the schedule
	Physical stock verification process
	Material issue and return, and auction
	Advance entry and payment entry for supplies

Property management

	Property disposal
	Property costing
	Payment collection (challan entry)
	Monitoring of instalment recovery for property given on rent
	Monitoring of instalment recovery for property given on lease
	Material issue and return, and auction
	Advance entry and payment entry for supplies

Financial accounting

	Budget monitoring
	Financial accounting
	Audit monitoring
	Loan and investment monitoring

Monitoring legal cases

	Registration of lawyers
	Maintenance of panel of lawyers
	Reimbursement of lawyers' fees / court fees, etc.
	Registration of cases
	Linking cases to properties / khasras / employees
	Monitoring of narratives
	Monitoring of interim orders / stay orders
	Exception reporting for the compliance of orders

Establishment management

	Personnel information sub-module
	Payroll sub-module
	Filling of vacancies
	Monitoring awards, punishments and annual confidential reports (ACR)
	Leave accounting
	Loans and advances

Technical architecture, hardware and software platform

Software platform	Oracle 8.x
Front-end	PowerBuilder
Hardware platform	Intel-based server, Minimum RAM of 128 MB (server side) and 64 MB (client side)

Strengths

	Enhances transparency in customer operations
	Enhances availability and security of data
	Improves customer services
	End-customer gets information from a single source

Benefits

	Reduces manual tedium of record-keeping
	Information sharing between sections
	Reconciliation of acquired land
	Retrieval of information
	Status monitoring
	Provides a decision-support system
	Accounting analysis
	Supports planned management
	Reduces time and cost overruns
	Human resource management
	Increases people productivity
	Quality measurements
	Customer orientation and satisfaction

Experience
CMC has a specialised core team at its Lucknow office working for the development and enhancement of LANDS.

Indicative client list

	Lucknow Development Authority, Uttar Pradesh
	Kanpur Development Authority, Uttar Pradesh
	Delhi Development Authority, New Delhi
	NOIDA Development Authority, Uttar Pradesh
	Ghaziabad Development Authority, Uttar Pradesh

Case study
Lucknow Development Authority, Uttar Pradesh

Contact
Head - eGov
CMC House
C-18, Bandra-Kurla Complex
Bandra (East)
Mumbai - 400 051
Tel: 022-26591000-2
Fax: 022-26591046
Email: egov@cmcltd.com