The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has recently signed an MoU with the ISRO to support the Urban Frame Survey (UFS).
About the MoU:
- The collaboration aims to modernize UFS by integrating Geo ICT tools on the Bhuvan platform, including the development of mobile apps for Geo-tagging.
- It also envisages development of a web portal for data visualization and editing, a QGIS plug-in for accessing regions, and the use of High-Resolution Satellite Imagery for demarcating boundaries.
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About the Urban Frame Survey:
- It will be conducted in 5-year phases to provide a sampling frame in the urban sector for NSSO’s Socio-Economic Surveys.
- The UFS, overseen by the Field Operations Division (FOD) of NSSO, moved to a digital format in the 2017-22 phase using the Bhuvan platform, covering over 5300 towns.
- The current 2022-2027 phase plans to survey approximately 8134 towns utilizing Bhuvan’s Mobile, Desktop, and Web Based GIS solutions.
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