Lok Sabha Question No. 1843 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: Mapping and Survey of Rural Areas
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati, Balak Nath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1843 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12/02/2021

Mapping and Survey of Rural Areas

## 1843. SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

## SHRI BALAK NATH:

Will  the  Minister  of  SCIENCE  AND  TECHNOLOGY वान और ौयोगक मंी be pleased to state:

- (a)     whether the Government has launched a scheme for the mapping and  survey  of  villages  with  a  view  to  studying  the  impact  and application of science and technology in rural areas;
- (b)     if so, the details thereof;
- (c)      the  achievements  made  through  such  an  initiative  so  far, State/UT-wise;
- (d)      whether the Government also proposes to cover rural areas of Rajasthan under the said scheme particularly those situated near the international border area; and
- (e)     if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE; MINISTER OF SCIENCE

## AND TECHNOLOGY; AND MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

वाय और परवार कयाण मंी , वान और ौयोगक मंी और पृ वी वान मंी ( डॉ . हष वधन )

- (a)       SVAMITVA  scheme  has  been  launched by Hon'ble  Prime  Minister, on 24th April 2020 on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day under Ministry of  Panchayati  Raj  (MoPR),  which  is  a  central  sector  scheme  aiming  to provide  the  'record  of  rights'  to  village  house  hold  owners  possessing houses  in  inhabited areas  in  villages  and  issuance  of  property  card  to property owners, as a pilot phase.
- (b)       Survey  of  India  is  technology  partner  for  implementing  SVAMITVA scheme in the   following two components.
1.         Large scale mapping for Abadi area using UAV/ Drone.
2.         Establishment of CORS (Continuously operating Reference stations).

## (c)      Status of SVAMITVA scheme

- (i) Large scale mapping for Abadi area using UAV/ Drone.

| Sl. No.   | State          |   Targets in Pilot Phase (No. of villages to be completed by March 2021) |   Drone Flying completed |   Data Processing completed |   Feature Extraction completed |   Maps Handed over to State |   Maps received back from State |   Maps / Data provided for Enquiry |   Enquiry completed and Final LPM Generated |
|-----------|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Haryana        |                                                                     7652 |                     4795 |                        4022 |                           3647 |                        3088 |                            1343 |                                933 |                                         587 |
| 2         | Maharashtra    |                                                                    20041 |                     2706 |                        1554 |                           1107 |                         989 |                             247 |                                180 |                                         108 |
| 3         | Uttar Pradesh  |                                                                    54022 |                    10634 |                        7188 |                           4952 |                        3581 |                            2502 |                               1720 |                                         600 |
| 4         | Uttarakhand    |                                                                     6227 |                     2024 |                        1653 |                           1571 |                        1462 |                             713 |                                670 |                                         396 |
| 5         | Madhya Pradesh |                                                                     9996 |                     2071 |                        1532 |                           1367 |                        1359 |                             627 |                                562 |                                          63 |
| 6         | Karnataka      |                                                                    16580 |                      899 |                         755 |                            607 |                         597 |                             267 |                                262 |                                           2 |
| 7         | Andhra Pradesh |                                                                    17950 |                      137 |                          58 |                             12 |                           0 |                               0 |                                  0 |                                           0 |
| 8         | Rajasthan      |                                                                      650 |                        7 |                           0 |                              0 |                           0 |                               0 |                                  0 |                                           0 |
| Total     | Total          |                                                                   133118 |                    23273 |                       16762 |                          13263 |                       11076 |                            5699 |                               4327 |                                        1756 |

## (ii) Establishment of CORS (Continuously operating Reference stations)

|   Sl. No. | State          |   No. of CORS Station To be established by March 2021) | ( Site Acceptance & Owner Approval   |   Monumentation Completed |   Testing/ Integration with Control Center |
|-----------|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Rajasthan      |                                                     85 | 82/30                                |                        25 |                                          0 |
|         2 | Punjab         |                                                     22 | 20/17                                |                         9 |                                          0 |
|         3 | Madhya Pradesh |                                                     90 | 30/30                                |                         3 |                                          0 |
|         4 | Haryana        |                                                     19 | 19                                   |                        19 |                                          0 |

- (d)       Yes, in Pilot phase Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan is included.

## (e)       Details of Pilot phase Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan.

| State     |   Target in Pilot Phase (No. of villages to be completed by March 2021 ) |   Drone Flying completed |   Data Processing completed |   Feature Extraction completed |   Maps Handed over to State |   Maps received back from State |   Maps / Data provided for Enquiry |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Rajasthan |                                                                      650 |                        7 |                           0 |                              0 |                           0 |                               0 |                                  0 |

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