Rural Development

Geotagging of Assets through EPRIS

A geo-spatial inventory of the community assets in all Gram Panchayats of the selected Districts are being geotagged under a project named Empowering Panchayati Raj Institutions Spatially (EPRIS) in 57 districts in the country. This will depict Gram Panchayat level spatial depiction of planned activities in selected Districts.The asset mapping and activity planning component comprises of conducting field asset mapping and activity planning tasks in each Gram Panchayat of the selected Districts with the help of Partner Institutions.

The geospatial inventory of assets being created, along with thematic information can be used for the governance for finding the gap areas in development, that are further used in decision support for Natural Resources Management and planning for civic amenities in rural areas.