The government has introduced a new portal under “Bhuvan Yuktdhara” to facilitate the planning of new MGNREGA assets using remote sensing and GIS-based information.
This platform will function as a repository of asset (geotags) made under various national rural development programs such as MGNREGA, integrated watershed management programs, down more plants and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana etc., along with field photos.
This platform was built by an effort with ISRO and the Ministry of Rural Development for rural planning to support decentralized decision making.
Rural Marriage Minister & Pancayati Raj, Giriraj Singh said that this portal integrated various thematic layers, multi-temporal high-resolution earth data with analytical tools.
The planner will analyze previous assets under various schemes and facilitate identification of new works using online tools.
“The plan prepared will be evaluated by the right authority under the State Department.
Thus, Yuktdhara-based plans will be prepared by the grassroots functioner and verified by the right authority for the relevance and allocation of resources.
This will ensure the quality of the plan and allow long-term monitoring From assets created for years, “he added.
Geotagging assets before – during-time successfully implemented progress based on funding during the process of creation of rural assets.
Also, the Citizen-Centric Janmanrega mobile application has helped the countryside population by providing feedback using Bhuvan services.
The government to use remote sensing, GIS for rural development
