Govt makes amends in mapping policy

New Delhi: The Centre on Monday announced major amendments in the country’s mapping policy, which it said, will benefit Indian companies. The changes have been made in the policy keeping in mind the the government's Atmanirbhar Bharat vision.

The reforms will unlock tremendous opportunities for our country’s start-ups... and research institutions to drive innovations and build scalable solutions

— Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

The Centre on Monday announced major amendments in the country's mapping policy, which it said, will benefit Indian companies. The changes have been made in the policy keeping in mind the the government’s Atmanirbhar Bharat vision.

Announcing this on Twitter, the Prime Minister said that the policy change is a massive step in the government’s vision to make India self-reliant.

“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,” Mr Narendra Modi tweeted.

“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,” the Prime Minister further said in subsequent tweet.

He also said that the country’s farmers will benefit by leveraging the potential of geo-spatial and remote sensing data. “These reforms demonstrate our commitment to improving ease of doing business in India by deregulation,” PM Modi said in another tweet on the matter.