The National Geospatial Policy, 2022

GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Government policies and Intervention   Source: Live Mint    Context: After liberalizing the use of geospatial data under the draft geospatial data policy in February 2021, the Ministry of Science and Technology has notified the National Geospatial Policy, 2022.     About the policy: “The National Geospatial Policy, 2022 is a citizen-centric …

Geospatial Energy Map of India:

GS Paper 3 Topics Covered: Science and Technology- developments and their applications and effects in everyday life.   Context: NITI Aayog Launches Geospatial Energy Map of India.   What is it? Geospatial Energy Map, enables visualisation of energy installations such as conventional power plants, oil and gas wells, petroleum refineries, coal fields and coal blocks, district-wise …