The mining and quarrying sector approximately contributes 2% to India’s GDP and about 10-11% to the total industrial sector’s GDP in 2023-24. It plays a crucial role in providing basic raw materials to several industries, including iron and steel, petroleum and natural gas, electrical and equipment.
Spatial planning is traditionally used in urban contexts. In the modern era it is now increasingly getting relevant even in rural governance. It involves the organised use of land, resources and infrastructure based on geospatial guide development.
GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) is a step by the Indian Government towards initial Satellite-based Navigation Services in India. It is a system to improve the accuracy of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver by providing reference signals. Satellite Navigation service is an emerging satellite-based system with commercial and strategic applications.
Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) is a key initiative sponsored by the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India in 2004. Ideally designed as a demand-driven mechanism, RuTAG is meant to bridge the gap in rural Science & Technology (S&T) awareness by promoting higher-level S&T interventions to suit specific grassroots needs.
Adopting engineering and technology as a vehicle to address the social needs, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has formulated a catalytic scheme for Impacting, Research, Innovation and Technology(IMPRINT) as a pan india initiative on November 5, 2015.
Heavy industries have always served as an accelerator of the economic growth of our country and employ a major share of people in the manufacturing sector. Previously called the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise, the ministry was renamed as the Ministry of Heavy Industries on 13th June,1956.
The Ministry of Heavy Industry is concerned with the development of the Heavy Engineering and Machine Tools Industry, Heavy Electrical Engineering Industry, and Automotive Industry, and administering the following 40 Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) and their subsidiaries and four autonomous bodies.
IMD's "Upgradation of Forecast System" scheme is an ongoing scheme that largely consists of ongoing programs that are integrated in order to provide efficient meteorological and climate-related services throughout the country in multiple sectors. This initiative is part of MoES's umbrella scheme "Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS)". It receives funding under the ACROSS scheme.