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Pradeep Kumar

06/07/21 09:00 AM IST

Ease of Living

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Space Technology is being applied in diverse fields and sectors to bring “Ease of Living” for the common man.

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  • ISRO is no longer confined only to the launching of satellites, but it has been constantly enlarging its role in development activities in the last seven years, thus contributing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mission of "Transforming India".
  • There is the widespread application of Space Technology in fields like Agriculture, Soils, Water Resources, Land Use/Land Cover, Rural Development, Earth and Climate Studies, Geosciences, Urban & Infrastructure, Disaster Management Support, Forestry and Ecology, and Using Geospatial Technology as a tool for enabling Decision Support Systems.
  • Space technology is now being used in diverse sectors including Railways, Roads and Bridges, Medical management/telemedicine, procurement of timely Utilization Certificates, disaster forecast, and management, etc.
  • In agriculture, satellite-driven seasonal cropping patterns, experiments on yield estimation, estimation of net-sown crop area, and agricultural drought assessment studies are being conducted. Similarly, degradation maps were generated and useful for planning soil conservation/reclamation programs, land use planning, bringing additional areas into cultivation, and improving productivity levels in degraded lands. 
Source: PIB

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