Lok Sabha Question No. 666 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Digital Mapping of the Country
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Prataprao  Jadhav, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Sudheer Gupta, Shrirang Appa Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 666

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01/12/2021

DIGITAL MAPPING OF THE COUNTRY

666.  SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ǒव£ान और Ĥौƭोिगकȧ मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Department of Science and Technology has taken up the task of digital mapping of the entire country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the present status of the project for  digital  mapping  of  the  entire  country  by  the  Survey  of  India;
- (c) the details of funds allocated for the purpose;
- (d) the time by which the remaining States are likely to be covered; and
- (e) the time by which the project is likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

ǒव£ान और Ĥौƭोिगकȧ तथा पृØवी ǒव£ान मंğालय क े राÏय मंğी ( èवतंğ Ĥभार)

(डॉ. ǔजतɅġ िसंह)

- (a) Yes, Sir.
- (b) Survey of India (SoI) is not having any single project to map entire country. However, it  is  Department's  endeavor  to  map  entire  country  with  Departmental mapping & under various projects taken together. The Present status of the project of digitally mapping of entire country by Survey of India is given below:
- I. Departmental Activity to Map entire country [Total Area = 32.87 lac Sq.km approx. SoI Area of Responsibility (AoR) = 31.67 lac Sq.km approx.; General Staff Geographical Section (GSGS) (Military Survey) AoR = 1.2 lac Sq.km]
1.  Using High Resolution Satellite Imagery (HRSI): Work involves 05 stages as under:
- II. Projects:
1.  National Hydrology Project (NHP): [Total Area = 8.0 Lac Sq.km]

| Control Work completed                     | ≈ 227804 Sq.Km   |
|--------------------------------------------|------------------|
| Geo-referencing completed                  | ≈ 218249 Sq.km   |
| Feature Extraction completed               | ≈139973 Sq.km    |
| Ground Validation completed                | ≈ 11908 Sq.km    |
| Final National Topographic Data Base(NTDB) | ≈ 5453 Sq.km     |

Using High Resolution Satellite Imagery: Work involves 05 stages for which status is given as under:

| Control Work completed       | ≈ 698457 Sq.Km   |
|------------------------------|------------------|
| Geo-referencing completed    | ≈ 696070 Sq.km   |
| Feature Extraction completed | ≈ 329300 Sq.km   |
| Ground Validation completed  | ≈ 17328 Sq.km    |
| Final NTDB                   | ≈ 0 Sq.km        |

2.  Using UAV/Drones: Work involves 04 stages for which status is given as under:
3.  Using UAV/Drones [for Village Abadi areas only]

| Data Acquired using Drone   | ≈26668 Sq.km   |
|-----------------------------|----------------|
| Data Processing             | ≈21342 Sq.km   |
| Feature Extraction          | ≈8198 Sq.km    |
| Ground Validation           | ≈2929 Sq.km    |

| Data Acquired using Drone   | ≈75644 Villages   |
|-----------------------------|-------------------|
| Data Processing             | ≈67403 Villages   |
| Feature Extraction          | ≈62648 Villages   |
| Final Map                   | ≈7818 Villages    |

- III. The details of States in which the project has started are as below:
1. (i). Departmental Activity to Map entire country using HRSI - All States / UTs.
2. (i). In  the  States/UT  of  J&K,  HP,  Punjab,  Uttarakhand,  UP, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat & Arunachal Pradesh.
2. (ii). Large Scale Mapping project is being carried out in the States of Haryana, Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh.
2. (iii). SVAMITVA Project is being carried out in the States of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh. [Mapping of Village Abadi areas only under SVAMITVA project]: Working is under progress and MoUs have been signed for Chhattisgarh, Gujrat, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand, Arunanchal Pradesh, Ladakh(UT), Himachal Pradesh, Dadar & Nagar Haveli (UT),  J&K  (UT),  Manipur,  Assam,  Mizoram,  Tripura,  Puducherry  (UT), Andaman & Nicobar (UT) and Lakshadweep (UT).
6. (c) The details of funds allocated for the purpose:
7. (d) The entire country will be covered mostly with HRSI and some areas with UAV/Drones. The SOI will likely to cover entire country by 2024 under Departmental activity using HRSI.
8. (e) The  SOI  will  likely  to  cover  entire  country  by  2024  under  Departmental activity using HRSI.

| Project                                 | Total Cost   | Fund allotted so far   |
|-----------------------------------------|--------------|------------------------|
| National Hydrology Project              | 300 Crore    | 141.05 Crore           |
| National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) | 86.64 Crore  | 41.00 Crore            |
| Large Scale Mapping of Haryana          | 150 Crore    | 19.90 Crore            |
| Large Scale Mapping of Karnataka        | 76 Crore     | 22.00 Crore            |
| Large Scale Mapping of Andhra Pradesh   | 73.075 Crore | 3.00 Crore             |
| SVAMITVA Project                        | 566.23 Crore | 145.46 Crore           |

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