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Pradeep Kumar

14/10/21 09:25 AM IST

Climate Resilience Information System and Planning (CRISP-M)

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Union Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj jointly launched Climate Resilience Information System and Planning (CRISP-M) tool for integration of climate information in Geographic Information System (GIS) based watershed planning under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA.

Significance
  • CRISP-M tool will help embed climate information in the GIS based planning and implementation of Mahatma Gandhi NREGS.
  • The implementation of CRISP-M will open up new possibilities for rural communities to deal with the issues of climate change.
  • This tool will be used in seven states where in the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Government of UK and Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India are jointly working towards climate resilience.
  • The states are Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Rajasthan.
  • The tool has already been successfully piloted in 18 village panchayats of Niwali Block in Badwani, Madhya Pradesh, and CRISP-M shows the value of combining scientific climate risk information, methods, practices and technology with the traditional knowledge, practices and skills of communities. 
Source: PIB

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