On Monday Modi headed-Centre Government announced various radical changes to be made to the country’s mapping policy for benefit of the Indian companies keeping in mind the Atmanirbhar Bharat vision.
This is considered to be the government’s massive step to make India Self-Reliant; PM Modi on his Twitter in a series of tweets announced the same and explained that the policy change.
The government is looking forward to see India emerge as a mapping power.
Our government has taken a decision that will provide a huge impetus to Digital India. Liberalising policies governing the acquisition and production of geospatial data is a massive step in our vision for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat. #mapmakingsimplified https://t.co/ssbPhAeSp1
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 15, 2021
The reforms will unlock tremendous opportunities for our country’s start-ups, private sector, public sector and research institutions to drive innovations and build scalable solutions. This will also generate employment and accelerate economic growth. #Freedom2MapIndia pic.twitter.com/OoN1rDTwoW
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 15, 2021
India’s farmers will also be benefited by leveraging the potential of geo-spatial & remote sensing data. Democratizing data will enable the rise of new technologies & platforms that will drive efficiencies in agriculture and allied sectors. #mapmakingsimplified #Freedom2MapIndia
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 15, 2021
These reforms demonstrate our commitment to improving ease of doing business in India by deregulation.#mapmakingsimplified #Freedom2MapIndia
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 15, 2021
According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, the changes announced by the government is that what’s readily available globally isn’t required to be restricted in India. Thereby geospatial data that used to be restricted will now be freely available in India. The changes also look forward to removing unnecessary red tape and obstacles in innovation.
In a release, the Ministry stated that “The existing regime imposed significant restrictions on the mapping industry – from creation to dissemination of maps, requiring Indian companies to seek licenses, follow a cumbersome system of pre-approvals and permissions. Compliance with these regulatory restrictions has subjected startups in India to unnecessary red tape, hindering Indian innovation in map technologies for decades. Our corporations and innovators are no longer subject to restrictions nor do they require prior approvals before they collect, generate, prepare, disseminate, store, publish, update digital Geospatial Data and Maps within the territory of India,”
