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Decentralized Planning With Space-based Information
To escalate the momentum and practices of inclusivity, comprehensive development, and sustainability in rural India, the government decided to prioritise planned spatial development.
The idea of a Space-based Information Support for Decentralized Planning (SISDP) was conceived and implemented by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) with the support of partner institutions on these lines, to assist spatial development planning processes at the grassroots level.
They key stakeholders are ISRO, Central and State Governments, their Ministries and Line Departments, Panchayati Raj Institutions, State Remote Sensing Centres, NGOs, and Academic Institutions involved in local governance or partnerships.
Solution
The SISDP database is a comprehensive and updated database on basic natural resources and other collateral data primarily derived from high-resolution satellite imagery with a simple and
Bhuvan Panchayat Portal
Data on the SISDP
easy-to-understand index. In addition, geotagged community assets and cadastral information are also available for selected areas in the database.
Such comprehensive data provides abundant opportunity to:-
Generate innovative geospatial products and services for the formulation of Rural Development Plans at the GP level, particularly towards preparing land and water resources developmental plans, watershed management, planning social infrastructure, etc.
The entire SISDP database for responsible planning at the grassroots level, able governance, and accountability rest on the availability of high-resolution and high-quality satellite data. This data is being leveraged to build innovative Geospatial systems and products that facilitate rural spatial development planning. The Geo-portal Bhuvan is a key enabler, integrating rich Geospatial datasets and making them accessible, understandable, and workable for further innovation.
Challenges
1. The project has benefited the country by providing large-scale thematic datasets at a 1:10k scale, which are vital for all development and planning activities. 2. The products are envisaged to directly benefit the Ministry of Panchayati Raj of the Government of India and State PRIs. 3. Many other ministries and departments of the central and State government are also using these datasets in different programmes requiring spatial inputs prepared under this project.
