The Ministry of Rural Development has completed Geographical Information System (GIS) plans for two lakh out of the 2.69 lakh Gram Panchayats (GPs) under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA using remote sensing technology It is a computer-based tool for mapping and analyzing the geographic terrain and offers scientific choices of development works suitable to the area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This technology integrates common database operations such as query and statistical analysis with the unique visualization and geographic analysis benefits offered by the maps.<\/span><\/p>\n It is an initiative of the Ministry of Rural Development. It aims to help the Gram Panchayat ensure a scientific & holistic approach for planning at the Gram Panchayat level.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Under the initiative,<\/b> GIS based integrated plans are prepared to collect, store and analyze data related to assets created under MGNREGA and also to manage them more effectively along with better understanding of their impact\/outcome.<\/span><\/p>\n Yuktdhara Portal:<\/b><\/a> It is a geospatial planning portal meant for facilitating Gram Panchayat level planning of MGNREGA activities across India.<\/span><\/p>\n CRISP-M Tool<\/b>:<\/span><\/a> It <\/span>aims to <\/span>help embed climate information<\/b> in the<\/span> Geographic Information System (GIS)-<\/b>based planning and implementation of MGNREGA. It will enable the local communities to understand the impact of changing climate in terms of various geophysical parameters and make smart decisions on them. Source: <\/b>This post is based on the article<\/span> \u201c<\/b>Geographical Information System (GIS) plans for around 75% Gram Panchayats completed<\/b>\u201d<\/b> published in <\/span>PIB <\/b>on 19th Nov 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? The Ministry of Rural Development has completed Geographical Information System (GIS) plans for two lakh out of the 2.69 lakh Gram Panchayats (GPs) under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA using remote sensing technology What is \u200b\u200bGeographical Information System (GIS)? It is a computer-based tool for mapping and analyzing the geographic terrain and offers… Continue reading Geographical Information System (GIS) plans for around 75% Gram Panchayats completed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span><\/p>\nWhat is \u200b\u200b<\/b>Geographical Information System (GIS)?<\/b><\/h5>\n
What is GIS-based planning under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA Initiative?<\/b><\/h5>\n
What are the other GIS based initiatives under MGNREGA?<\/b><\/h5>\n
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