Lok Sabha Question No. 4131 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: National Urban Information System
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: POONAM  MAHAJAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4131

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2015

## NATIONAL URBAN INFORMATION SYSTEM

4131. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN: Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:
2. (a) whether  Indian  Space  Research  Organisation  (ISRO)  has developed National Urban Information System (NUIS) and if so,  the  salient  features  thereof  including  the  number  of cities and towns covered under the aegis of NUIS, Statewise alongwith the time taken for its data to reach the end users;
3. (b) whether  multi-temporal  high  resolution  satellite  data  of NUIS is being used to study the urban growth and master plan  preparation  including  infrastructure  development  for Smart Cities Mission and if so, the details thereof;
4. (c) the details and number of statutory corporations companies and other bodies in which the Government has financial or controlling interests which are utilizing NUIS data for urban planning; and
5. (d) whether  ISRO  utilised  NUIS  data  during  the  recent  flood situation in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and if, so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a) National  Urban  Information  System  (NUIS)  is  the  project  of Ministry  of  Urban  Development  with  Survey  of  India  as  the focal point. At the behest of Ministry of Urban Development, National  Remote  Sensing  Centre  of ISRO  has  prepared geospatial  thematic  database  (comprising  of  12  layers)  for 152 towns on 1:10,000 scale and carried out Aerial survey of 132 towns at 1:2,000 scale for Survey of India.  The number of cities and towns covered under the aegis of NUIS, Statewise is attached as Annexure.

Within one year after the completion of geospatial thematic database, NRSC has hosted the database on Bhuvan Geoportal and developed Bhuvan-NUIS application for enabling formulation of Master Plans by state town planning departments. NRSC has also organised 2 National workshops, 7  Regional  Workshops  and  25  State  level  workshops  for imparting training on Bhuvan-NUIS to more than 2,000 Town Planning offcials.

- (b) The  thematic  mapping  under  NUIS  was  envisaged  as  a onetime  exercise.    NRSC  has  submitted  the geospatial thematic  database  for  152  towns  on  1:10,000  scale  to Ministry of Urban Development for further use.
- (c) The concerned state town planning departments have been authorised  to  use  Bhuvan-NUIS  database  for  master  plan formulation.  However,  the  entire  database  is  also  made available  in  the  public  domain  on  Bhuvan  Geoportal  for visualisation.

(d) No Madam. However, under its Disaster  Management Programme,  ISRO  has  provided  the  flood  inundation  maps using  satellite  data  extensively  during  the  recent  floods  of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

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## ANNEXURE

## State/Union Territory -wise number of cities and towns covered under the aegis of NUIS

| SN                  | State/Union Territory     | No. of Towns / Cities   |
|---------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1                   | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 1                       |
| 2                   | Andhra Pradesh            | 6                       |
| 3 Arunachal         | Pradesh 2                 |                         |
| 4                   | Assam                     | 5                       |
| 5                   | Bihar                     | 5                       |
| 6                   | Chandigarh                | 1                       |
| 7                   | Chattisgarh               | 5                       |
| 8 Dadra and Nagar   | Haveli 1                  |                         |
| 9 Daman & Diu       |                           | 1                       |
| 10                  | Goa                       | 5                       |
| 11 Gujarat          |                           | 6                       |
| 12                  | Haryana                   | 5                       |
| 13 Himachal Pradesh | 5                         |                         |
| 14 Jammu & Kashmir  |                           | 24                      |
| 15                  | Jharkhand                 | 5                       |
| 16                  | Karnataka                 | 6                       |
| 17                  | Kerala                    | 5                       |
| 18 Lakshadweep      | 1                         |                         |
| 19 Madhya           | Pradesh                   | 6                       |
| 20                  | Maharashtra               | 6                       |
| 21                  | Manipur                   | 2                       |
| 22                  | Meghalaya                 | 2                       |
| 23 Mizoram          |                           | 2                       |
| 24                  | Nagaland                  | 2                       |
| 25                  | Orissa                    | 6                       |
| 26                  | Pondicherry               | 1                       |
| 27                  | Punjab                    | 6                       |
| 28                  | Rajasthan                 | 6                       |
| 29 Sikkim           | 10                        |                         |
| 30                  | Tripura                   | 4                       |
| 31                  | Uttar Pradesh             | 6                       |
| 32                  | West Bengal               | 4                       |
| T O T A             | L                         | 152                     |