3-day world conference commences
Chandigarh, October 27
Three-day International Conference by Indian National Cartographic Association (INCA) commenced today on the theme “Cartography for Self-Reliant India” which is being hosted by department of geography, Panjab University.
Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatraya, in his address, said the geo-spatial field had tremendous potential for generating employment in the country. He also mentioned that in the management of Covid-19 crisis, Covid maps proved beneficial.
India will have a coherent national location data framework by 2030 which will assist the country to move towards e-economics, e-service and e-commerce and will help improve services to the citizens.
The Surveyor General of India, Naveen Tomar, said the focus should be on the requirement of data collection on a large scale to make India a self-reliant nation — TNS
