Rural Development Ministry and ISRO MoU for Geo-tagging assets created under MGNREGA

Q.  Rural Development Ministry and ISRO signed a MoU for
- Published on 27 Jun 16

a. Geo-Tagging road development
b. Monitoring building of village infrastructure
c. Geo-tagging assets created under MGNREGA
d. Monitoring and recording Water supply management

ANSWER: Geo-tagging assets created under MGNREGA
 
  • A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Rural Development Ministry and ISRO, Department of Space for geo-tagging the assets created under MGNREGA in each gram panchayat.
  • The move comes after the Prime Minister during a review meeting recently had underlined for online recording and monitoring of assets to check leakages and for effective mapping of terrain for future developmental works.
  • Around 30 lakh assets are created annually across the country under the rural job scheme and the Ministry has decided that through convergence with other schemes, the geo-tagging of such assets will be done on a mission mode.
  • Through Bhuvan Mobile Platform, completed asset will be Geo-tagged along with photograph by Gram Rozgar Sahayak or Junior Engineer.

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