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New portal under Bhuvan “Yuktdhara” launched

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    26th Aug, 2021

The government launched a new geospatial planning portal, 'Yuktdhara', to facilitate new MGNREGA assets using remote sensing and geographic information system-based data.

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The government launched a new geospatial planning portal, 'Yuktdhara', to facilitate new MGNREGA assets using remote sensing and geographic information system-based data.

About the Yuktdhara

  • Developed by: Jointly developed by ISRO and the Ministry of Rural Development 
  • Yuktdhara will serve as a repository of assets (Geotags) created under various national rural development programmes such as 
    • Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
    • Integrated Watershed Management Programme
    • Per Drop More Crop
    • Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana etc.
  • The new portal under Bhuvan 'Yuktdhara' will facilitate planning of new MGNREGA assets using remote sensing and GIS (geographic information system)-based information.
  • Yuktdhara portal would ensure-
    • The quality of the plan
    • Enable a long term monitoring of the assets created over the years for relevance
    • Facilitate identification of new works for resource allocation

What is the main aim of MGNREGA?

  • The mandate of the Act is to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

Bhuvan Portal

  • Previously launched, ISRO's Geoportal Bhuvan is presently a de-facto geospatial platform for several developmental planning activities across India.
  • Bhuvan, is the national Geo-portal developed and hosted by ISRO comprising Geo Spatial Data, Services and Tools for Analysis. It has many versatile features
    • Visualization of Satellite Imagery and Maps
    • Analysis
    • Free Data Download
    • Download Reports to name a few
  • A citizen-centric mobile application JANMANREGA has helped the rural population by providing feedback using Bhuvan services.

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