With the launch of its State specific portal — Bhuvan Punjab Portal — providing citizen-centric data services to various users, the Punjab Government on Monday claimed to have become the first in the country.
The portal was launched during Punjab State meet on promoting space technology-based tools applications in governance and development on Monday. It was organised by Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC) in collaboration with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Centre’s Department of Space.
PRSC director Dr Brijendra Pateriya, in his opening remarks, said that space technology provides effective decision making tools for policy framework and day-to-day planning.
Punjab Finance and Planning Minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa said that there was need to institutionalise a mechanism for integrating space applications in governance and development.
In his Inaugural address, Additional Chief Secretary (Development) Suresh Kumar said that on space technology in agriculture, natural resource management and urban planning has been an emerging field.
The State Science, Technology and Environment and Expenditure secretary Jaspal Singh, who chaired the technical session on Space and Geospatial Technology in Governance, said that application of space technology is the key to any planning activities and management of resources.
He suggested preparing the web applications of Punjab GIS, a project under which the data provided by many departments of Punjab Government is being brought into GIS by PRSC and this data would be quite useful for planning purposes in the State.