PARLIAMENT QUESTION: APPLICATION OF SPACE-BASED SYSTEMS FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS

PARLIAMENT QUESTION: APPLICATION OF SPACE-BASED SYSTEMS FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Key applications of space-based systems undertaken during 2025 by ISRO/DoS are:

§ For Societal Welfare: Planning and monitoring of MGNREGA activities using Geospatial Technology; Monitoring of the Watershed Development Component – Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (WDC-PMKSY) Projects using geospatial technologies; Monitoring of progress of projects under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Housing For All (Urban) (PMAY-HFA(U)); Mapping the status of road network of the rural parts of India under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY); Monitoring the assets created under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), etc. 

India (ISRO) successfully completed its six-month leadership tenure (April–September 2025) of the International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’. Under India’s leadership:

The satellite data and indigenous space platforms are well integrated in many of the National flagship programmes carried out by the Ministries/ Departments of Government of India and State Governments. Details are as follows:

To improve space-based technology’s outreach, data accessibility, and operational adaptability for national growth, numerous measures are implemented. These include,

This information was given by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.