Mumbai: The Tamil Nadu government today launched a website for online processing of land documents, including registration, as part of its efforts to usher in e-governance.

State minister for revenue and housing I Periasami unveiled the website at a regional review conference organised by the land resources department and the union ministry of rural development.

"The Website 'www.eservices.tn.gov.in' will have all details such as patta pertaining to lands of individuals," he said.

"So far, 3.2 crore of land resources having full details of the owner/enterprise across the state have been registered on this website", he said. The website will cover the entire state soon.

"Initially, it has been launched in Dindigul, Vellore and Coimbatore" the minister said, adding it will cover more areas.

E-processing would prevent tampering of documents and every individual registering on the website would have a unique identity number, said Rita Sinha, secretary, union ministry for rural development.

"Initially, we have planned to launch it in 11 states across the country and as of now, it has been completed in Karnataka, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh and now Tamil Nadu. We want to cover the entire country by the end of 12th Five Year Plan," she said.

E-processing of land records is prevalent in many countries, including England, Australia, Thailand and Kenya.