LEADERS' OUTLOOK
GIS Empowering a Stronger India
location in it and this increases its value enormously. To gain a competitive advantage, businesses are progressively taking cognizance of location intelligent insights and consumers’ craving for location-rich personalized experiences. Consequently, as stated by the Geospatial ‘Artha’ Report, India’s geospatial economy is expected to grow to Rs 63,100 crores (USD 8.5 billion) by 2025 with a CAGR of 12.8 percent. As a leader in the domain, Esri India aspires to continue playing the role of a significant contributor to the growth story, helping the country achieve numerous milestones through innovative GIS-based solutions.
India — growth drivers
ANNUAL EDITION / JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2022
The liberalization of geospatial data under the new guidelines is going to be a game-changer for the Indian economy. Additionally, the willingness of government departments and key private players to work together and adopt common parameters and standardized frameworks for different types of data will make the discrepancies and differences go away, thereby enabling broader collaboration and higher innovation.
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BY AGENDRA KUMAR
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Managing Director, Esri India
n recent years, the Indian Government has exhibited increased commitment towards making geospatial mainstream. The new geospatial data guidelines that foster open and easy access to geospatial information are probably the biggest testimony to the changing mindset. Geospatial technologies are now being considered the nation’s ‘digital currency’, as it is
evident they have a high impact on key sectors of the economy, such as, infrastructure, land, utilities, water, transportation, health, and agriculture. Interestingly, digital transformation, which is the story of the New India, is triggering an explosion of data, and businesses are challenged to make the best use of this data for exceptional outcomes. Most of the data that exists today has an element of
The Government of India is in the process of using geospatial technologies and drones to map over six lakh villages through the Svamitva scheme. This, and other schemes under the Gati Shakti program, will generate large amounts of geospatial data. Further, the provision of Rs 60,000 crores (USD 600 billion) for providing tap water to 3.8 crore (38 million) households in 2022/23 will be very critical for improving the living conditions in smaller towns and rural areas. Geographic Information System (GIS) based water distribution network planning, execution and
