Capacity Building Workshop , Department of Land Resources

Government of India
Ministry of Rural Development
Department of Land Resources
New Delhi, India

Agenda on Two-day Capacity Building Workshop

Agenda on the Two-day Capacity Building Workshop on
“The Fundamental Principles of Property Titling”
Organized by the Department of Land Resources
with technical assistance from the World Bank

Venue : Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Dated : 19th & 20th July 2010

Day-1 (19^th July, 2010)

Time	Inaugural Session
08:30 am to 09:30 am	Registration
09:30 am	Arrival of guests
09:35 am	Presentation of bouquets to guests
09:40 am	Lighting of lamp
09:45 am	Welcome Address - Secretary, DoLR
10:00 am	Address by Hon’ble Minister of State for Rural Development (SA)
10:10 am	Address by Hon’ble Minister of State for Rural Development (PJ)
10:20 am	Address by Hon’ble Minister of State for Rural Development (AS)
10:30 am	Address by Mr. Klaus Deininger, Lead Economist, World Bank
10:40 am	Inaugural Address by Hon’ble Minister of Rural Development
11:00 am	Vote of Thanks – Additional Secretary, DoLR
11:05 am	Tea Break
	Session-1
	Programme	Resource Person	Remarks
11:30 am	International experience and key principles of title registration: indefeasibility and conclusiveness of title, registerable rights and overriding interests, guarantee and indemnification, strategic approach to improving records/systems	Mr. Kevin Nettle (Australia)	Twenty-minute presentation, followed by discussion
Session-2
12:30 pm	The experience of Scotland in introducing a title-based registration – the Registration Law of 1979 and lessons learnt (gradual conversion)	Mr. John King (Scotland)	Twenty-minute presentation, followed by discussion
01.30 pm	Lunch Break
Session-3
02:30 pm	The experience of Thailand in introducing a title-based registration system (systematic conversion)	Mr. Emorn Prasittisook (Thailand)	Twenty-minute presentation, followed by discussion
Session-4
03:30 pm	The experience of Hong Kong in developing a program for conversion of existing deeds-based registration to a title-based system, and current status (‘Daylight’ conversion approach)	Mr. John Davison (Hong Kong)	Twenty-minute presentation, followed by discussion
04:30 pm	Tea Break
Session-5
05:00 pm	Developing a unique property identification system for a title registration system and smart maps	Mr. Kevin Nettle (Australia)	Fifteen-minute presentation, followed by discussion
05:50 pm	End of Day-1 sessions
07:30 pm	Cultural programme (Courtesy: Government of Uttar Pradesh)
08:30 pm	Dinner

Day-2 (20^th July, 2010)

Time	Programme
Session-6
09:30 am	Presentation on the Indian draft Land Titling Bill, 2010
Thematic Roundtable Discussions
10:00 am	Indefeasibility, fraud, compulsory intimations to the Authority
11:30 am	Tea Break
12:00 pm	Title guarantee and indemnification
01:30 pm	Lunch Break
02:30 pm	Registerable rights, overriding interests and pre-requisites for a well- functioning title registration system
Valedictory Session
04:00 pm	Summing up and concluding remarks
04:15 pm	Presentation of mementoes and Vote of Thanks
04:30 pm	Tea

Contact addresses of the division dealing with the workshop

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