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Pradeep Kumar

24/08/21 12:25 PM IST

New portal under Bhuvan “Yuktdhara”

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New portal under Bhuvan “Yuktdhara” will facilitate planning of new MGNREGA assets using Remote Sensing and GIS based information.

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  • This platform will serve as a repository of assets (Geotags) created under various national rural development programmes, i.e., MGNREGA, Integrated Watershed Management Programme,
  • Per Drop More Crop and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana etc., along with field photographs”.
  • The name given is very apt as word ‘Yukt’ is derived from Yojanam, the planning and ‘Dhara’ indicates the flow. 
  • It is definitely a culmination of untiring joint efforts of ISRO and Ministry of Rural development made towards realising a G2G service for rural planning in support of decentralized decision making.
About the portal
  • Due to its rich information base, satellite images and analytical capabilities, Bhuvan, in fact, has become a de-facto geospatial platform for number of developmental planning activities in the country.
  • This portal integrates wide variety of thematic layers, multi-temporal high resolution earth observation data with analysis tools.
  • Planners will analyse previous assets under various schemes and facilitates identification of new works using online tools.
  • Plans prepared will be evaluated by appropriate authorities under State Departments.
  • Thus, Yuktdhara based plans will be prepared by grassroot functionary and verified by appropriate authorities for relevance and resource allocation.
  • This would ensure quality of plan and enable a long term monitoring of the assets created over the years.
  • A Citizen-centric Mobile Application JANMANREGA has helped rural population for providing feedback using Bhuvan services. 
Source: PIB

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