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 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.
The 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 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.
