Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal today launched National GIS-enabled Land Bank System, an integration of Industrial Information System (IIS) with State GIS Systems for six states.
Launching the system, Goyal expressed the confidence that other states/UTs will be onboarded by December 2020. He said that this is a prototype only and will be developed further with inputs from states, to make it an effective, transparent mechanism of land identification and procurement.
IIS portal is a GIS-enabled database of industrial areas/clusters across the states. More than 3,300 industrial parks across 31 states/UTs covering about 475,000 hectare land have been mapped on the system. Information available includes forest, drainage, raw material heat maps (agricultural, horticulture, mineral layers) and multiple layers of connectivity.
In his address, Goyal called upon the states to collectively work in the spirit of ‘Team India’ to enhance industrial activity in the country, attract investment and provide a better life to 1.3 billion people of India, and better prospects for the coming generations.
"Aatamnirbhar Bharat, a self-reliant country has to increase engagement with the world, from the position of confidence and strength. India has to achieve the target of a US $5 trillion dollar economy in five years and for this, manufacturing has to play an important role, which can provide employment and value addition," added Goyal.
The Minister of State in the Ministry of commerce and Industry Som Parkash said that states have to play an important role in making India a manufacturing hub and attract investment. He called upon them to identify products in each district which can then be promoted.
The IIS adopts a committed approach towards resource optimization, industrial upgradation and sustainability. The initiative is being supported by Invest India, National Center of Geo-Informatics (NCoG), National e-Governance Division (NeGD), Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics (BISAG).
