Govt launches digital crop survey in 12 states on pilot basis

Posted on: 02 Aug, 01:25 AM

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New Delhi: The Centre has launched digital crop survey in 12 states on a pilot basis from kharif (summer-sown) season of this year for better sowing data collection..

"Government has launched pilot on Digital Crop Survey (DCS) in the 12 states from Kharif -2023," agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said in a written reply to Lok Sabha...

DCS reference application has been developed as an open source, open standard and inter operable public good, he sad.. "Further, geo-referenced cadastral maps with Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) Technologies are used to ensure the farmland position," Tomar said...

In reply to a separate query, Tomar said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched Resourcesat -2A, Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT) - 1A (Earth Observation Satellite-04) in polar orbits and Indian National Satellite (INSAT) 3D, INSAT-3DR in geostationary orbits...

That apart, he said the ISRO has proposed the launch of Resourcesat-3 & 3A medium resolution satellite with combined repitivity of 2 days; Resourcesat-3S & 3SA high resolution satellite with 4 days revisit capability; RISAT-1B can image day and night and all-weather conditions..

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