INDIA: Role of Geo Spatial Technology in Building Nation
India being a seventh-largest country (3.29 million sq km), fifth-largest economy (GDP $2.96 trillion) and second highest population (1.37 billion) in the world have various challenges in different sectors to sustain the growth and development of the nation. To bridge the social and economic disparity between different sections of society India needs a technological advancement and empowerment of citizens to enhance its system. In the 1980s, India adopted GIS technologies, India is using Remote Sensing Satellites, mapping, Geospatial database system, and other tools. In the early 2000s, a crucial step was taken which was considered to be impossible at that time as creating a blueprint for such a big project is next to impossible. India wants to create its own National Spatial Data Infrastructure. Indian democracy has 3 pillars and the fourth one is considered to be the information sector and this Geospatial database infrastructure is a crucial component of that pillar. The plan is to