Ministry of Urban Development has launched National Urban Information System (NUIS) Scheme in March, 2006 to develop GIS databases for 137 towns / cities in the country in two scales i.e., 1:10,000 and 1:2000.As on date the total no. of towns in NUIS Scheme is 152. The inclusion/addition/deletion of towns as requested by State Govt. and approved by TAC. In addition utility mapping in 1:1000 scale will also be undertaken for 24 towns. Apart from spatial data, the Scheme has another component i.e. National Urban Data Bank and Indicators (NUDBI). The spatial and attribute databases thus generated will be useful for preparation of Master/Development plans, detailed town planning schemes and serve as decision support for e-governance. The total outlay of the scheme is Rs. 66.28 Crores of which 75% will be borne by the Central Govt. and the 25% will be the State, matching share. The work of spatial data will be undertaken by the Survey of India, Dehradun, the National Mapping Agency. Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Ministry of Urban Development and the National Mapping Agency on 13th March 2006 for Urban Spatial data generation NUIS Scheme Guidelines: Town & Country Planning Organisation, Ministry of Urban Development has prepared.

NUIS Scheme Guidelines: Town & Country Planning Organisation, Ministry of Urban Development has prepared Guidelines for implementation of NUIS scheme.

NUIS Scheme and Design Standards: For effective implementation of NUIS Scheme, Ministry of Urban Development has constituted NUIS Standards Committee (NSC) on June 12, 2002. The Authoring Group of NUIS Design and Standards prepared a report which outlines the content at 1:10,000/ 1:2,000/1:1,000 scales, Design standards framework, USIS, NUDB&I and NUO data elements to be adopted as National NUIS Standards. The standards address different levels of planning and management and a comprehensive document has been finalized, which has been approved by the Technical Coordination Committee (TCC) of NNRMS-Standing Committee-Urban on 3rd May 2006.

Road Map of NUIS Scheme: Town & Country Planning Organisation, Ministry of Urban Development has prepared for proper implementation of the scheme. The Road Map Contains components of NUIS Scheme stepwise major activities, stakeholders, fund management schedules and milestones for implementation of NUIS Scheme.

Capacity Building: The Capacity Building is one of the major objectives of NUIS Scheme. About 30 training programmes, 20 participants per each programme at various levels, over a period of two years, have to be organised to train the urban managers and field staff in the areas of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS). In order to achieve the same, as per the NUIS Guidelines, the Capacity Building has been decentralised and major Training Institutes like IIRS Dehradun, NRSA Hyderabad, STI (SOI) Hyderabad, SAC, Ahmedabad, IRS-AU, Chennai and RRSSCs, who are imparting training in the areas of Remote Sensing and GIS application in Urban planning and management have been identified. The State Nodal Agencies have to identify and nominate the personnel for Capacity Building programmes Organised by TCPO/MoUD in the prescribed nomination form As on date, 28 training programmes have been organized and trained 553 personal from NUIS Scheme towns and SNAs.

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NUIS COMPONENT

NO. OF TOWNS/ STATES

1.

Release/Sanction of State Share to SOI for mapping                 

32 States (including 5 UTs) have released the State Share, Tamil Nadu, NCT Delhi & Uttarakhand have been dropped from the scheme.

2.

GIS data base at 1:10000 ready and forwarded for Defence Clearance

30 Towns

3.

Aerial Photography completed for 1:2000 mapping

78 Towns

4.

NUDB&I data collection completed

52 Towns in 15 States

5.

Release of Central Share for Mapping to SOI & HW/SW & NUDBI to SNAs

29 States

6.

No. of Training Programme/ Regional Workshop completed.

28 Training programmes and Four Regional Workshops.

7.

Release of Central Share during FY 2006-09

2847.45 Lakh