GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.60
TO BE ANSWERED ON 17-02-2009

NATIONAL RESOURCE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

60. SHRI G.M. SIDDESWARA:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:
(a) the names of districts covered in the Natural Resource Data Management System in the country during the last three years, State-wise; and
(b) the time by which all the districts of the country are likely to be included in the said system?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES
(KAPIL SIBAL)

(a) The list of the districts, state-wise, covered under Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) is given in Annexure-I.
(b) NRDMS Programme is being implemented on pilot basis to develop and demonstrate the methodologies for building natural resource databases on the concept of GIS at district level to support local level planning. The state of Karnataka has been covered in entirety by DST with the active support of the State Government. Govt. of West Bengal has upscaled the coverage from four districts set up initially under the collaborative support of DST and the State Government to the entire State. Upscaling of NRDMS and replication of the model from the pilot stage to cover all the districts in a State rest with the acceptability of the concept and methodologies by the concerned State Government. No time frame has as such been fixed for coverage of all the districts in NRDMS.

The following districts have been covered under NRDMS: