Integrated
Mission for Sustainable Development (IMSD)
Under
IMSD, locale-specific action plans for sustainable development of land and
water resources are generated on watershed basis, integrating thematic information
generated using satellite data with collateral/conventional information and
socioeconomic inputs. The action plans are basically recommendations towards
improved soil and water conservation for ensuring enhanced productivity, while
maintaining ecological/ environmental integrity of the area/region. The action
plans, to illustrate, address identification of sites/areas for surface water
harvesting, groundwater recharge, soil conservation measures - through check
dams, vegetation bunding; sites/recommendations for improved/diversified
farming systems with fodder, fuel wood plantations, agroforestry,
agro-horticulture, etc.These action plans are generated by the joint
involvement with the respective Governments departments, State Remote Sensing
Centres, universities, private entrepreneurs and NGOs.
National (Natural) Resources Information
System (NRIS)
NRIS forms the core information
system for the NNRMS and is oriented to aid decision-makers at national,
regional, state and district levels to plan various developmental activities in
a scientific, systematic, timely and optimum manner. The NRIS provides spatial
data-bases of spatial (thematic) and non-spatial data with GIS solutions for
decision making. It is organised in interlinked/networked hierarchy
so as to cater to free flow of resources information. This venture has set a
new trend amongst State-level missionery to have organised natural resources
databases at district level.
Bio-diversity Characterisation
A major project has been taken up for
Biodiversity Characterisation at Landscape Level to prepare Biological zone
maps and establishment of disturbance gradient for important bio-diversity rich
areas of the country using remote sensing and GIS. RRSSCs are actively
involved in the project both in database creation and providing software
solutions under image processing and GIS domain. The project is aimed at
prioritising areas for bioprospecting and conservation.
Agro-climatic Planning and Information
Bank (APIB)
A pilot project on APIB in Karnataka State (in South India) has been
on-going for consolidating the large amount of statistical and spatial information
generated by various organisations and to create a single-window knowledge base
for agricultural development. The purpose is to provide area specific
information on all aspects of farm management that can be implemented by the
farmer himself. This bank is not only an information or data bank but
also a facilitator by providing the users with tools required for preparing
developmental plans.
Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water
Mission
This is a national mission with an
objective of creating scientific database for ground water using remote sensing
technology. RRSSCs are involved in the generation of precision products
and ground water prospect maps at 1:50,000 scale for the states of Kerala,
Karnataka, Andhrapradesh, Madhyapradesh and Rajasthan.
Crop Acreage and Production
Estimation
This is a important national mission wherein remote sensing techniques
are used in providing pre-harvest estimates on crop acreage for major crops in
various states in the country. RRSSCs have been actively involved with
Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad in providing software solutions through a
package "CAPEWORKS". The package is operationally being used in
all ISRO workcentres and various State remote sensing centres regularly during
the cropping seasons to derive the necessary information related to crops
acreage.
Watershed related studies
RRSSCs are actively involved in
watershed development related studies in the country. IMSD project has
paved the way for scientific approach for planning and implementation of
certain action plans to improve the land productivity and water resources in a
given watershed. RRSSCs are actively involved at national level in
monitoring/evaluation of watersheds treated under NWDPRA scheme using
multitemporal remote sensing data. Methodology for operationally
executing such a project was developed within RRSSCs on a pilot mode and the
same has been operationally utilised for the project.
Disaster Management System – Flood
damage Assessment
RRSSC Kharagpur, one of the regional centres, is well located to
provide quick information related to flood and cyclone related disasters.
The centre is actively involved in generating such an information using remote
sensing and GIS techniques. RRSSC are actively involved in creating
digital databases for the flood-prone region of Assam and developing
information system for decision making for effective management of
disaster. The methodology can be replicated for other flood affected areas
in due course of time.
Study of
potential and actual area under sericulture through Remote Sensing.
Remote sensing techniques have been proved to be useful in studies
related to sericulture which basically refers to identification of mulberry
growing areas. The technique has proved to be very successful and cost
effective in the country. RRSSCs are currently involved in a national
mission on the project.
