About NNRMS:

National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) is a national level inter-agency system for integrated natural resources management in the country. NNRMS supports the optimal utilization of country's natural resources by providing for a proper and systematic inventory of natural resources available using remote sensing data in conjunction with conventional data/techniques. In doing so, NNRMS adopts various advanced technologies of satellite and aerial remote sensing; Geographical Information Systems (GIS); precise Positioning Systems; database and networking infrastructure and advanced ground-based survey techniques.

NNRMS is established in 1983 and is supported by Planning Commission, Government of India. Department of Space (DOS) is the nodal agency for implementing NNRMS in the country and the Secretariat of NNRMS is housed in the ISRO Headquarters, Bangalore.

The Planning Committee of NNRMS (PC-NNRMS) is the apex-body that provides guidelines for implementation of the NNRMS and also oversees the progress of remote sensing applications for natural resources management in the country. The PC-NNRMS is chaired by Member (Science), Planning Commission and has Secretaries of various departments of Government of India as Members. The NNRMS activities are steered through nine NNRMS Standing Committees viz. (i) Agriculture & Soils, (ii) Bio-Resources, (iii) Geology and Mineral resources, (iv) Water Resources (v) Ocean Resources and Meteorology (vi) Cartography & Mapping, (vii) Urban Management (viii) Rural Development and (ix) Training & Technology. Each Standing Committee is chaired by Secretaries of the respective departments of the Government of India and consisting of experts from major user departments.

The major activities of NNRMS include determining user/application needs for remote sensing; conceptualization and implementing remote sensing space segments with necessary ground-based data reception, processing and interpretation facilities; establishing utilization systems for using remote sensing images and conventional data for various applications and resource management activities.