Lok Sabha Question No. 43 (STARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Natural Resources Data Management System
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: VIRENDRA  KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 43 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27/04/2016

## NATURAL RESOURCES DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

## † *43.  DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ÉÊ´ÉYÉÉxÉ A´ÉÆ |ÉÉètÉÉäÉÊMÉBÉEÉÒ àÉÆjÉÉ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Natural Resources Data Management System has been launched recently, and if so, the aims and objectives of the programme;
- (b) the budgetary provision made for the programme during the current year;
- (c) the number of districts covered under the programme, State-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to extend the programme in all the districts of the country and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard.

## ANSWER

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

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(a) to (d):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT AS REFERREDTO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.43  FOR  REPLY  ON  27/4/2016  REGARDING  NATURAL RESOURCES DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

(a) The  Natural  Resources  Data  Management  System  (NRDMS)  Programme  has  been launched in 1982 with the objectives of developing and demonstrating scientific methods and techniques for local level planning. Vision of enabling people, communities and institutions of local-self Governance with requisite databases and S & T tools for informed participation in local level governance

Activities of the Programme have been continually re-oriented over the years with the evolution of concepts and techniques in areas like Geographical Information Systems (GIS), High Resolution Data Gathering; and Positioning. With maturing of technologies and their increasing acceptability amongst end users in the States, NRDMS Programme presently aims at  developing  State  Spatial  Data  Infrastructures  (SDIs)  and  demonstrating  their  utility  in various decision support applications at different levels of the planning hierarchy.

Objectives of the Programme have been to set up integrated geo-spatial databases at lower  area  units  like  Districts  and  Sub-Districts,  demonstrating  their  utility  in  various application sectors like Rural Development (Village Information Systems), Urban Development (Municipal GIS); Water Resources Management; Environment & Forests; Mining & Mineral Explorations; Natural Disaster Management with special reference to Landslides; Infrastructure Development; Capacity Building and Human  Resource Development; promoting and providing R&D support in emerging areas of Geospatial Technologies; forging linkage  with  stakeholders;  and  documenting  and  disseminating  the  Programme  outputs amongst the end user agencies.

- (b) Rs. 22 Crores.

(c) Under the Programme, 30 Districts of Karnataka, 17 Districts of West Bengal; and 13 Districts of Uttarakhand have been equipped with District NRDMS Geospatial data centres for supporting establishment of State SDIs. Total number of districts covered under NRDMS is 60. Recently 4 more states i.e. Haryana (24), Jammu & Kashmir (22), Odisha (30), and Jharkhand (24) have been added and work of all the districts (100) in these states are in the process of getting networked for ensuring up-to-date data flow and utilization of Geospatial Technologies for decision support.

(d) Further  expansion  of  the  system  is  dependent  on  interest  envinced  by  the  State Governments subject to availability of funds.

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