K-GIS 2.0 will integrate data from 53 Karnataka government departments and institutions to support planning, project implementation, monitoring and administrative decision-making, Information Technology and e-Governance Minister Priyank Kharge said at a departmental progress review meeting on Friday.
The integration effort has received information related to 178 web and mobile applications, dashboards and systems, according to the minister. The plan is intended to bring information generated by different departments into a common geographic information framework rather than keeping it within separate administrative systems.
The applications and platforms listed under the initiative include Bengaluru GIS, the Bengaluru Metropolitan Region Development Authority layout information system, rural drinking water and sanitation management systems, Geo Electricity, the Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board platform, government land information, the Water Stress Index dashboard, the Dishank web application and K-Kisan.
Kharge said the consolidated data would be used not only while preparing plans but also during implementation and monitoring. That gives the project a role across the administrative cycle, from identifying locations and preparing proposals to tracking execution and supporting official decisions.
The initiative is also being used to update land-use and land-cover maps through satellite imagery. The minister said the upgrading of GIS software and the purchase of required information-technology hardware had been completed.
The stated scope places geospatial information at the centre of several areas that directly affect how Karnataka’s cities and settlements are managed. Layout information, government land records, water systems, electricity-related data and water-stress indicators can each provide location-based inputs for planning and administration. The source report, however, does not specify a common public access system, an implementation deadline for all 178 applications or the departments whose data has already been fully integrated.
The government is also pursuing the use of geo-artificial intelligence and machine-learning technologies to make data analysis more effective, Kharge said. The announcement does not provide details on the specific models, datasets or decision-making processes that will be used under this component.
The next stage of K-GIS 2.0 will therefore depend on how the identified applications and departmental datasets are connected, updated and used by officials. The department’s progress review identified the integration, mapping and technology upgrades as the ongoing components of the programme.
