Division of Information and Communication Management, ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, Telangana State, India
*Contact e-mail: sreekanth@naarm.ernet.in
Online published on 29 March, 2016.
The geographical technologies have potential to assist in planning, monitoring and exchange of information between various agencies in Rural Development administration. This study describes the decision-making based on their existing resources and capabilities. A study was undertaken in Tallasingaram village, Chotuppal Mandal, Nalgonda district, Telangana state to demonstrate the integration of village-level spatial and non-spatial data into a useful tool called geo-spatial village information system (GSVIS) for decentralized planning. This simple and robust tool will assist the decision-makers to generate various ecological and socio-economic views for identifying villages for prescriptive and executive level planning. The study also envisages future development and usefulness of this community-level geo-spatial tool for grass-root planning.
GIS, GPS, remote sensing, Open source software's, decision support system, rural development, village level information system
