National Geospatial Policy 2022 : What You Need to Know

National Geospatial Policy 2022 : What You Need to Know

The National Geospatial Policy, 2022 has recently notified by Department of Science and Technology under Ministry of Science and Technology. It aims to boost the geospatial industry to support national development, economic success, and a thriving information economy.

What is Geospatial Technology ?

Geospatial technology refers to the techniques including GIS, GPS, earth observation, and scanning, to create geographic maps and analyse the Earth and human societies.

It is used to collect, store, process and analyse data that is tied to a specific location on the Earth’s surface.

It has a wide range of applications in various sectors like agriculture, industry, infrastructure development, land administration, banking and finance.

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Key highlights of the Policy

It provides guidance on how to promote the geospatial data industry in the country and create a national framework for using such data to improve citizen services and other areas.

This policy outlines a 13-year plan for achieving these goals.

Central Government will establish a Geospatial Data Promotion and Development Committee (GDPDC), a 17 member body which will serve as highest authority for formulation and implementation of strategies for growth of geospatial sector.

The GDPDC Committee will replace Geospatial Data Promotion and Development Committee constituted in 2021 and National Spatial Data Committee (NSDC) constituted in 2006.

Draw an Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF) in line with United Nation – Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) to improve national-level spatial information management.

To promote data democratisation, Survey of India’s (SOI) topographical and geospatial data created through public fund will be made available to general public.

Target for 2025: Draw a policy framework to support liberalisation of sector and democratisation of data for promoting commercialisation.

Target for 2030 : Develop High resolution Topography Survey, Geospatial Knowledge Infrastructure (GKI) and enhance capability and awareness to meet future needs of nation.

Target for 2035 : High Resolution Bathymetric Data of Inland water and sea surface topography, survey of subsurface infrastructure of major cities.

National Digital Twin Strategy of major cities would be devised by GDPDC, which will be a digital replica of physical assets, process and services forms the foundation of new digital revolution.