Rural Connectivity GIS Data Launched

On February 22, 2022, the Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj released rural connectivity GIS statistics publicly area

24 February 2022 Current Affairs:On February 22, 2022, the Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj released rural connectivity GIS statistics publicly area.

Highlights

• The GIS statistics publicly area will facilitate broader use through start-ups, governments, academia, and civil society to beautify lives throughout rural India. These statistics relate to rural roads, social infrastructure, and habitations. 
• To publicly launch the rural Connectivity GIS Data, National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (NRIDA) signed three famend GIS corporations and is taking part with Gati Shakti.
• NRIDA is the nodal implementation organisation of the PMGSY scheme. Collaboration with Gati Shakti will facilitate statistics trade for higher making plans and implementation of each schemes.
• Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
• Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana changed into released inside the 12 months 2000. 
• The scheme changed into released to supply all-climate street connectivity to eligible unconnected habitations throughout India as part of a poverty discount strategy. 
• This scheme changed into later upgraded and consolidated to provide a fillip to the agricultural economy. The Core community of the scheme comprises 'Through Routes' and 'Link Routes.'
• Routes
• Through Routes gather visitors from numerous hyperlink roads or an prolonged chain of 3 habitations, ensuing in advertising facilities both without delay or via better class roads, specifically District Roads or State or National Highways.
• Link Routes are the roads connecting unmarried habitation or institution of habitations to Through Routes or district roads that bring about marketplace facilities.
• Under the PMGSY, 7.eighty three lakh Km roads had been sanctioned considering their launch. 6.ninety lakh Km are built through spending Rs. 2.sixty nine lakh crores.

GIS connection

As a part of PMGSY, GIS statistics for round 800,000 rural centers as points, 2500000 km of rural roads, and 1 million-plus habitation are accumulated and digitized the use of the GIS platform evolved for the scheme. 

These accumulated rural connectivity GIS statistics will now be to be had public area.

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