Lok Sabha Question No. 3475 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-23
Subject: Bhuvan Platform for Monitoring Rural Schemes
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KIRIT SOMAIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .3475

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03 .2017

## BHUVAN PLATFORM FOR MONITORING RURAL SCHEMES

## 3475. DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  his  Ministry  is  using  Bhuvan  platform  for  the  monitoring  of  its  o projects or schemes across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, Schemewise and State/UT - wise; and
- (c) the details  of  the  procedure  being  adopted  and  the  benefits  accrued  theref ground level so far, Scheme - wis  and State/UT - wise?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV )

- ( a) : Yes  Madam,  Bhuvan  platform  is  being  utilized  for  monitoring  of  vario schemes of the Ministry. Assets created under MGNREGA are geotagged and uploaded ove Bhuvan platform  of  ISRO.  For  monitoring  of  watershed  projects  under  the  Waters Development Component of the Pradhan MantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana (WDC -PMKSY), a geo- spatial portal named SRISHTI based on the Bhuvan platform of Indian Space Resea Organization (ISRO)  is  being  implemented  and  used  from  2015  with  the  assistance National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad. Bhuvan Platform is also being us for rural housing scheme Pradhan MantriAwaasYojana -Gramin (PMAY - G)  and  Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYo jana (PMGSY).
- ( b) : The  state - wise  details  in  respect  of  geo - tagged  Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural Employment Guarntee Scheme (MGNREGS) assets are provided in Annexure -I and details regarding geo tagged consturction sites/ assets created under Pradhan Mant Gram Awaas Yojana-Grameen (PMAY - G) during the current year so far is at Annexure -II.

In addition, under watershed development component of the Pradhan Mantri Kri Sinchayee  Yojana,  Geo -coded  and  time  stamped  photographs  on  near  real  time  basis  a upl oaded on SRISHTI portal using a mobile application DRISHTI specifically developed the  purpose.  As  on  20.03.2017,  about  5.42  Lakh  photographs  have  been  uploaded  on SRISHTI portal.

Ministry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 07 - 03- 2017 with Centre for Geo - Informatics  Application  in  Rural  Development  (CGARD),  NIRD,  Hyderabad  and National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) to upscale the use of geo informatics in a districts of the country to monitor the progress under Pradhan Mantri Gra m SadakYojana (PMGSY).

( c) : NRSC developed a mobile application to capture the photographs along wi geographical position (Longitude & Latitude) for uploading over the Bhuvan platform project named GeoMGNREGA was rolled out in public domain on 30th November, 2016. The geotagged asset data is available for public viewing on the http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/governance/mgnreg .

The valuable asset i nformation provided by GeoMGNREGA equip the stakeholders with more accurate information about their area and facilitate better identification optimum allocation of resources. It helps in ensuring transparency and accountabil digital  ass et  inventory  is  a  potent  tool  for  social  audit.  The  use  of  Bhuvan  platf empowered the citizens to visualize time and date stamped photographs of the assets under different rural development schemes.

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## ANNEXURE - 1

| State/UT             |   No. of Geotagged MGNREGAassets' in Public Domain as on 19-03-2017 |
|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR  |                                                                   0 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH       |                                                             1635685 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH    |                                                                2188 |
| ASSAM                |                                                               40139 |
| BIHAR                |                                                              497195 |
| CHHATTISGARH         |                                                              222936 |
| DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI |                                                                   0 |
| DAMAN & DIU          |                                                                   0 |
| GOA                  |                                                                   0 |
| GUJARAT              |                                                               66736 |
| HARYANA              |                                                               28425 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH     |                                                               65940 |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR    |                                                               85072 |
| JHARKHAND            |                                                              143655 |
| KARNATAKA            |                                                              786878 |
| KERALA               |                                                              198064 |
| LAKSHADWEEP          |                                                                   0 |
| MADHYA PRADESH       |                                                              410378 |

| MAHARASHTRA   | 187136    |
|---------------|-----------|
| MANIPUR       | 6454      |
| MEGHALAYA     | 12163     |
| MIZORAM       | 18916     |
| NAGALAND      | 5008      |
| ODISHA        | 245932    |
| PUDUCHERRY    | 0         |
| PUNJAB        | 41733     |
| RAJASTHAN     | 483852    |
| SIKKIM        | 9190      |
| TAMIL NADU    | 351312    |
| TELANGANA     | 1308336   |
| TRIPURA       | 143806    |
| UTTAR PRADESH | 413126    |
| UTTARAKHAND   | 39673     |
| WEST BENGAL   | 393210    |
| Total         | 78,43,138 |

## Annexure -II

## Details of construction sites/ houses  of the beneficiaries Geo - tagged under PMAY - G for the year 2016-17

(units in nos.)

| State             |   beneficiaries Geo -tagged |
|-------------------|-----------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH    |                        4180 |
| ARUNACHAL PRADESH |                           0 |
| ASSAM             |                      120831 |
| BIHAR             |                        4410 |
| CHHATTISGARH      |                      245164 |
| GOA               |                           0 |
| GUJARAT           |                       66068 |
| HARYANA           |                       11256 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH  |                        4238 |
| JAMMU AND KASHMIR |                         332 |
| JHARKHAND         |                      178719 |
| KARNATAKA         |                           2 |
| KERALA            |                       19225 |
| MADHYA PRADESH    |                      692296 |
| MAHARASHTRA       |                      200007 |
| MANIPUR           |                           0 |
| MEGHALAYA         |                           0 |

| MIZORAM       | 2         |
|---------------|-----------|
| NAGALAND      | 0         |
| O DISHA       | 255607    |
| PUNJAB        | 2869      |
| RAJASTHAN     | 405231    |
| SIKKIM        | 964       |
| TAMIL NADU    | 31430     |
| TELANGANA     | 0         |
| TRIPURA       | 5624      |
| UTTAR PRADESH | 210806    |
| UTTARAKHAND   | 6786      |
| WEST BENGAL   | 372050    |
| Total         | 28,38,097 |