Lok Sabha Question No. 482 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-06
Subject: Geo-Spatial Technology
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMCHARAN BOHARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 482 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 th  February, 2017

## Geo-Spatial Technology

482.  SHRI RAM CHARAN BOHRA: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: implementation of monitoring of Central Schemes; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and

(a)  whether  the  Ministry  is  planning  to  implement  Geo-Spatial  technology  for  better (d) the details of the Institutions/ individuals/organisations which are key stakeholders in

- this initiative?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a)  to  (d):  Under  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA)  and  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha Abhiyan  (RMSA),  a  Web  Based  School  Geographical  Information  System  (GIS) application has been initiated for seamless visualization of school locations across the country.  Geographic  location  of  schools  collected  by  the  various  School  Education Departments of the states has been collated and mapped on GIS Platform established by  National  Informatics  Centre.  Further,  these  school  locations  have  been  interlinked with the school report cards based on Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE)  database,  developed  and  hosted  by  National  University  of  Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA).

In this web application, base map services like street maps, and high resolution satellite images are available for better understanding of the topography/ terrain of the location.  This  web  service  application  comprises  of  administrative  boundaries  up  to village  level  and  location  information  up  to  habitation  level  along  with  basic  GIS functionalities and measurement tools which will help to improve the quality of planning and better utilization of resources available under the schemes.

In  the  centrally  sponsored  scheme  of  Rashtriya  Uchchatar  Shiksha  Abhiyan (RUSA),  the  National  Remote  Sensing  Centre  (NRSC)  of  Indian  Space  Research Organisation  (ISRO)  has  developed  a  mobile  application  for  uploading  geo-tagged photographs  and  associated  details  captured  by  the  educational  institutions,  on Bhuvan-RUSA portal as a part of implementation of RUSA funded works in States. This application for geo-tagging of institutions under RUSA is a location based service. The mobile geo tagging App of RUSA covers the following attributes: construction work or equipment, institution name, new or upgraded work, type of work, current stage of work, percentage completed, completion date, bank name, account number, amount released and amount utilised.  The  portal  for  Bhuvan-RUSA  can  be  accessed  at  http://bhuvanstaging.nrsc.gov.in/events2/forest/rusa.

The  key  stakeholders  in  Bhuvan  RUSA  are:  Department  of  Higher  Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development; National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO); State Governments and institutions of the States/UTs funded under RUSA.

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