What’s in the news?

• For the purpose of effective utilization of Remote Sensing and GIS technology, a web geo-portal has been developed through National Informatics Centre (NIC), initially for use by National Capital Region (NCR) Participating states.
• This Geo-Portal, known as ‘PARIMAN’, will help to improve decentralized planning and management in the NCR region.
• The Portal consists of around 179 Layers presented as Line, Point & Polygon feature covering details of various sectors like Land Use, Transport, Industries, Water, Power, Health, Shelter, Heritage & Tourism, Disaster Management, etc.

Reference

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1840172