PARLIAMENT QUESTION: AVAILABILITY OF CONTOUR PLANS FOR PUBLIC USE

This PIB release details the government's initiatives to make geospatial data widely accessible.

It highlights the availability of Survey of India's DEM and contours, the objectives of the National Geospatial Mission for high-resolution data generation, and provisions from the Geospatial Data Guidelines 2021 and National Geospatial Policy 2022 regarding data access and pricing. The aim is to facilitate scientific, economic, and developmental applications, including environmental monitoring.