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Geospatial Science and Technology and trained manpower will help develop an international GIS services market for the Indian geospatial industry: Second UN World Geospatial Information Congress, 2022

The 5-day conference is being attended by over 2,000 delegates including 700 plus international delegates & participants from about 150 countries. Moreover, National Mapping Agencies (NMAs) like the Survey of India, which has a glorious history of 255 years, senior officials, non-governmental organizations, academia, and industry, user, & private sector from across the globe are taking part in the Geospatial Congress.

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PM’s address at United Nations World Geospatial International Congress

The theme of this conference is  ‘Geo-enabling the Global Village: No one should be left behind’. This is a theme that is seen in the steps that India has taken over the last few years. We have been working on a vision of Antyodaya, which means empowering the last person at the last mile, in a mission mode. It is this vision that has guided us in last mile empowerment at a massive scale. Banking 450 million un-banked people, a population greater than that of the USA, Insuring 135 million un-insured people, about twice the population of France, Taking sanitation facilities to 110 million families, and tap water connections to over 60 million families, India is ensuring no one is left behind.

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