What is Hakku Patra?
- The word ‘Hakku’ means “the right”, and ‘Patra’ means a “paper” or “document”.
- It is a legal document that states an individual's rightful inheritance of a property.
- It is issued to the nation's underprivileged section, including scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, urban slum dwellers, handicapped, and other disadvantaged populations.
- In most cases, the land on which the Hakku Patra is issued is government-owned with a specific set of conditions attached.
Hakku Patra distribution drive:
- It is a part of the Ambedkar Rural Housing Scheme of Karnataka.
- Under this, the government offers free registration of Hakku Patra land in the beneficiary's name.
- Any house built on the Hakku Patra land should be used as the beneficiary’s house and not for rental purposes.
Benefits of Hakku Patra:
- It makes you the legitimate owner of your land or property by giving an up-to-date and official record of who owns the land.
- It is a state-guaranteed document.
- The title deeds enable owners to avail of bank loans with the said document.
- Hakku Patra registration resolves all types of disputes regarding the ownership or rights over the land.
- The document helps in preventing any encroachment via trespassing on the boundaries.
