Post Budget Reaction From Mr. Agendra Kumar, President, Esri India
“The budget has some very positive proposals for the GIS
(Geographic Information System) market. There are several areas where the hon’ble
Finance Minister has announced allocations of funds which will directly benefit
from the use of GIS.
It is heartening to see the allocation of Rs 11,500 Crores
in 2020-21 for Jal Jeevan Scheme, this will certainly help in improvement in
water resources and providing 24x7 water to households. Also Rs 12,300
allocated to Swatchh Bharat Mission
5 new Smart Cities have been announced in collaboration with
states, apart from the allocation of Rs Rs 103 lakh Cr for infrastructure in
the form of 6500 projects for housing, supply of safe drinking water, clean energy,
health care for all. GIS has been supporting the growth of Smart communities
and in improvement of liveability of the cities.
GIS was the heart of R-APDRP program that aimed to reduce
the power distribution losses by various electric utilities in the country. Now
the announcement to make smart metering mandatory by all DISCOMs in the country
will bring-in an important reform, the installation and management of smart
meters can easily be handled through GIS based systems.
Mapping on land on both sides of railway tracks for
generation of solar energy is driven by GIS and so are the other areas like
expansion of sea ports, development of Inland Waterway and 100 more airports.
It has been announced that the National Gas grid will be expanded from16200Kms
to 27000 Kms. GIS is already been used in installation and management of Gas
pipelines and distribution; the expansion of Gas grid will create more
opportunities for the use of GIS and other geospatial technologies.”
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