Jaitley was yesterday given a detailed presentation by the Directorate General (Defence Establishment), which looks after the management of the defence land, and is believed to have been briefed about the status of the investigations and court cases in various land scams, Defence Ministry officials said here.
He was also briefed about the steps taken by the department to curb encroachment and other types of wrongdoings in managing the land with the Ministry, they said.
The DGDE has also initiated projects such as 'Raksha Bhoomi' under which it is digitising the record of land and buildings with it across the country. The project has been completed in several military stations across the country.
Several scams involving defence land have surfaced including the ones in Sukna, Adarsh, Kandivali and Mumbai in last few years.
After the scams came to light, the Defence Ministry took several measures to streamline the management of defence land.