Q. “Gram Manchitra” application, which was recently launched, is associated with_:?
Answer:
Geographic Information System
Notes: In order to encourage the Spatial Planning by the Gram Panchayat, Ministry of Panchayati Raj had launched the Geographic Information System (GIS) application “Gram Manchitra”. This application facilitates and supports Gram Panchayats to perform planning at Gram Panchayat level using geo-spatial technology.
It provides a unified Geo Spatial platform to better visualize the various developmental works to be taken up across the different sectors and provide a decision support system for Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP). Ministry has launched mActionSoft, a mobile based solution to help in capturing photos with Geo-Tags (GPS Coordinates) for the works which have asset as an output. Geo-tagging of the assets is done in all three stages.