PARIMAN Portal

• 09 Jul 2022

For Prelims: PARIMAN, Remote Sensing Technology, Geographic Information System

For Mains: Challenges to Urban Planning in India, Government’s Initiatives, Use of Science and technology for effective Urban Planning

Why in News?

Geo-Portal for NCR known as ‘PARIMAN’, launched in August 2021 by the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) and Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs has been made open to the public of NCR.

What do we know about PARIMAN?

• About:
  • Portal for Analytical Regional Information and Mapping of NCR.
  • Developed through National Informatics Centre (NIC), initially for use by NCR Participating states and the Office of NCRPB.
  • It's a robust system to facilitate better sub-regional and local planning. This contains various layers collected from authentic sources.
  • The portal has many Base Maps, Satellite Image services and Night Light Data of different time spans.
    • Terrain map provides the Elevation Profile of a route.
    • Administrative units like State Boundaries to Village Boundaries, various Headquarters to Habitations, Parliamentary and Assembly Constituency Boundaries are integrated in this portal.
    • Layers like Road, Rail and Metro Networks, Points of Interest like Education, Health, Banking, Post Office, Power and Telecom, Industries, Tourism, River and Canal Networks and many more.
      • Area of Interest function facilitates a comprehensive view for any information of a particular State or District or Tehsil.
• Significance:
  • This Geo-Portal will help to improve decentralized planning and management in the NCR region.
  • This Geo-portal is an important platform to know where and what exists in the National Capital Region (NCR) that enables better planning.
  • It will help in effective utilization of Remote Sensing and GIS technology.

What do we mean by Geospatial Technology?

• Geospatial technology uses tools like GIS (Geographic Information System), GPS (Global Positioning System) and Remote Sensing for geographic mapping and analysis.
• These tools capture spatial information about objects, events and phenomena (indexed to their geographical location on earth, geotag). The location data may be Static or Dynamic.
  • Static location data include position of a road, an earthquake event or malnutrition among children in a particular region while dynamic location data include data related to a moving vehicle or pedestrian, the spread of an infectious disease etc.
• The technology may be used to create intelligent maps to help identify spatial patterns in large volumes of data.
• The technology facilitates decision making based on the importance and priority of scarce resources.

What are Government’s Initiatives for Urban Planning and Development?

• Smart Cities:
  • It promotes cities that provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, a clean and sustainable environment and application of Smart Solutions.
• AMRUT Mission:
  • It ensures that every household has access to a tap with the assured supply of water and a sewerage connection.
• Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban:
  • It aims at making urban India free from open defecation and achieving 100% scientific management of municipal solid waste in 4,041 statutory towns in the country.
• HRIDAY:
  • The National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY), aims to bring together urban planning, economic growth and heritage conservation in an inclusive manner & with the objective of preserving the heritage character of the city.
• Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban:
  • It addresses Urban housing shortage among the Urban Poor including the Slum Dwellers by ensuring a pucca house to eligible urban poor.

Source: PIB