<p>ISRO’s constellation of satellites will be pressed into service to assess crop damage to ensure faster compensation payout under the Centre’s newly launched crop insurance scheme.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The remote sensing satellites moving over the country will be used to prepare cadastral maps, which will carry time-tagged crop information. In case of bad monsoon or excess rain, satellite images before and after crop damage will be used to assess the yield loss.<br /><br />Officials from the Departments of Space and Agriculture made detailed presentations to the Prime Minister’s Office recently on plans to use space technologies to give a boost to the agriculture sector.<br /><br />“We have satellites that give images with resolution ranging from 5.8 metres to 50 metres. We intend to use these in providing inputs to implement the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana,” a senior government official said.</p>
<p>ISRO’s constellation of satellites will be pressed into service to assess crop damage to ensure faster compensation payout under the Centre’s newly launched crop insurance scheme.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The remote sensing satellites moving over the country will be used to prepare cadastral maps, which will carry time-tagged crop information. In case of bad monsoon or excess rain, satellite images before and after crop damage will be used to assess the yield loss.<br /><br />Officials from the Departments of Space and Agriculture made detailed presentations to the Prime Minister’s Office recently on plans to use space technologies to give a boost to the agriculture sector.<br /><br />“We have satellites that give images with resolution ranging from 5.8 metres to 50 metres. We intend to use these in providing inputs to implement the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana,” a senior government official said.</p>
