The endeavour of the Government is to ensure availability of banking outlet [Bank branch / Business Correspondent (BC) / India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)] within 05 kilometres (kms) of all inhabited villages in the country.
In a major step towards modernising Uttar Pradesh’s urban landscape, the Yogi Adityanath government has outlined a GIS (Geographical Information System)-based master plan for the development of 59 cities using advanced technology and high-tech infrastructure.
The state is going to host the ‘Invest Madhya Pradesh – Global Investors Summit – 2025’ (GIS) in Bhopal on 25 February.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Mohan Yadav, said on Friday that the ‘Global Investors Summit’ (GIS) would focus on urban development, as the state offers unique investment opportunities in key areas like Rs 50000 crore in ‘Housing for All’, Rs 17230 crore in essential facilities, and Rs 32400 crore in real estate development.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav paid a courtesy call to Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi here on Tuesday and invited him to lay the foundation stone of the Ken-Betwa project.
The Centre on Monday announced to track around 100 toll plazas with GIS-based software for seamless movement of traffic at national highways.
Initially, the NHAI has identified around 100 toll plazas for live monitoring on the web-based software. These toll plazas have been selected based on congestion feedback received through 1033 National Highway helpline. The monitoring service will be extended to more toll plazas in a phased manner.
Irrigation and waterways department, agriculture department and forest departments are using GIS to improve its performance.
As per the ministry, the module of the GIS-based water supply system for Cantonment Boards has been developed by the Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics (BISAG) under the guidance of Defence Secretary and Director General of Defence Estates, Delhi.
The minister said the report is an extension of the India Industrial Land Bank, which features more than 4,400 industrial parks in a GIS-enabled database
