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The government of India made two major data sharing policy decisions today regarding remote sensing. They have opened up the possibility for more government agencies to own and operate remote sensing satellites other than the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and they have freed up all remote sensing imagery up to one meter resolution, where [...]
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India’s Planning Commission has proposed a national GIS that coordinates data between federal departments and states into one national framework. The proposal includes establishing an Indian National GIS Organisation to coordinate and implement the combined system. The vision includes natural and physical assets as well as services for the “man on the street,” including the [...]
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) yesterday, stressing the importance of remote sensing for sustainable development. Not only did he mention the importance of space-based observation systems, but also the development of a newer class of environment and monitoring sensors and the study of weather-related phenomena. The prime minister addressed [...]
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Today the Indian government approved an investment of $10.14 billion (460 billion rupees) for the National Mission for a Green India (NMGI). The plan will expand forests by five million hectares, while also remediating and improving forest quality on another five million hectares. The plan is part of a larger National Action Plan on Climate [...]
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An agreement with the Planning Commission of India will tie the measurement of the country’s GDP to losses or gains to natural resources, biodiversity and overall environmental health starting in 2015. If economic growth is deemed to have risen 9 percent, but loss to biodiversity is factored at three percent, then the overall growth would [...]
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The exploding growth that is evident throughout Asia is a major change in all aspects of infrastructure creation and management. In India alone, the scale of change and the investments are evident from my first visit to the region four years ago. The transportation changes are indicative of other changes in infrastructure, and witnessing the [...]
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India has embarked on the creation of a series of “eco-towns” along the Dedicated Freight Corridor that connects Mumbai to Delhi. The pilot projects are modeled on Japan’s Kitayushu Eco-town, and have significant support from Japanese companies, including Hitachi, Mitsubishi, Toshiba and Tokyo Electric Power. The initiative embraces urban growth as a means for economic [...]
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India asserts that they’ve lost land to China in the area around the Line of Actual Control with China due to poor mapping of the area. India reports that Chinese troops have threatened nomadic goat herders in the area and there are reports that the Chinese Army entered 1.5 km into Indian territory and painted [...]
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