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*** Sub: Monthly Summary of Department of space for the month of June 2021 PART- I (Unclassified) 1. Important policy decisions taken and major achievements during the month A. Missions: I. GSLV F10/ EOS-03: GSLV F1 O is scheduled to launch EOS-03, an earth observation satellite in the 3rd quarter of 2021. Launch campaign activities are in progress.

II. Small / EOS-02 The first developmental flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle, SSLV- 01 is scheduled to launch EOS-02, an earth observation satellite in the 3rd quarter of 2021. Launch vehicle testing activities are in progress.

Ill. PSLV-C52 / EOS-04 Mission: PSLV-C52 is scheduled to launch EOS-04, an earth observation satellite in the 3rd quarter of 2021. Launch vehicle and satellite integration and testing activities are in progress

B. Earth Observations: • Space Applications Management System (SAMS) has been constituted, with the scope to dwell on the need aspect of satellite missions, associated ground segment, development of applications aligned with the national imperatives, and its optimal utilization to harness the benefits of space• based services in India. The Planning Committee of SAMS (PC-SAMS) which is the apex body, is chaired by Principal Scientific Advisor to Gal, and has Secretaries and Senior Officials of various Ministries/ Departments as members. Its Secretariat is headquartered at ISRO HQ, Bengaluru. PC• SAMS is supported by Ten theme-specific Standing Committees (SCs). 1 I. The First Meeting of PC-SAMS was held on 18 h June, 2021 and deliberated on (i) terms of reference of PC-SAMS and SCs (ii) the need aspects of the microwave imaging RISA T-1 A & 1 B and the ocean observation satellites Oceansat-3 & 3A, which are under different stages of realisation. II. As per the directives of PC-SAMS, the meetings of Standing Committees on Water (SC-W), Agriculture & Soils (SC-A&S), Bio-resources & Environment (SC-B&E), Disaster Management (SC-OM) and Ocean & Meteorology (SC-O&M) were also held, which evaluated the potential & plan of utilisation of data from both the pairs of satellites in the respective Ministries/ Departments, and recommended its earliest possible launch.

Page 1 of 5 • Desertification & Land Degradation Atlas (for MoEF&CC): The "Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas of India (Assessment and analysis of changes over 15 years based on remote sensing)" was released by Hon'ble Minister of State, MoEF&CC, on the occasion of UNCCD Day, on June 17, 2021 in a virtual program. • Annual Land use/ Land Cover Mapping (2020-21) at 1 :250K scale (DoS): Cropped area mapping for Rabi 2021 has been completed. • National Hydrology Project (for MoJS): -NHP portal for dissemination of hydro-informatic products being developed under the NHP project was launched by Secretary, DoS, and the Glacial Lakes Atlas of Ganga Basin was released by Secretary, D/o WR, RD & GR, during a virtual function organised by MoJS. Daily snow cover maps, snow melt rate forecast (72 Hrs), Actual Evapotranspiration, Daily Water Balance components, standardized runoff index etc. were generated and shared with NHP Project and were also web-published. • Biodiversity characterization at community level (for DBT): Methodology to predict & classify tree community using Random Forest Algorithm based on Forest Phenological Metrics and Forest Structure is developed. • Agriculture Technology Project (for Govt. of Maharashtra): Crop sown area, and favourable & unfavourable areas for crop sowing were derived. • Inputs for Crop Insurance Programme (for AICIL): A composite index called "Crop Health Factor (CHF)", indicative of crop condition was derived insurance-unit wise, based on remote sensing based parameters in West Bengal. • Geospatial support for MGNREGA (GeoMGNREGA; for MoRD): Training provided Yuktdhara to nearly 130 officials from NER, jointly with NIRO. • Regional air quality monitoring in coalfield area (for Mio Coal): Refinement of the model derived PM2.s & N02 is in progress. • Damage assessment due to cyclone Tauktae (for Govt. of Gujarat) in forested areas of Gir, was done on the request by the Gujarat Forest Department, using satellite data. Area affected was reported as approximately 30% of Gir Sanctuary. • Geoportals: (i) Bhuvan-Air quality Monitoring Visualization for Coal Mine areas is published. ii) MOSDAC: Real time update on MOSDAC site for Cyclone Y ASS in Bay of Bengal New User Order Processing System (UOPS) using Single-Sign-On (SSO) is operationalized (iii) VEDAS- Flood Index product using AMSR2 36 GHz Microwave Polarisation Difference Index (MPDI) was operationalized on VEDAS platform. • Disaster Management Support Programme (for MHA, NOMA, SDMAs): >, NDEM V.4: Real-time flood inundation flood layer service is designed, developed & integrated into NDEM dashboard services >, Near Real Time Flood Mapping and Monitoring: Floods were mapped in Assam & Bihar States. 16 flood inundation maps / value

Page 2 of 5 added products were generated and disseminated to the stakeholders. >, Flood Hazard Atlas: Incorporation of inputs from the concerned agencies on Flood Hazard Atlases of UP, AP and West Bengal are in progress >, Forest Fire: (i) Daily near real-time active forest fire alerts (for entire India) are generated using satellite data and disseminated to Forest Survey of India and State Forest Departments through email, SMS and Bhuvan Geoportal. >, Agriculture Residue Burning: Compilation of report on Common Protocol for estimation of biomass burning/Crop residue burning completed. >, International Charter (IC): ISRO, as the Charter Lead, facilitated the cross-training programme for Belarus, towards integration as a new Charter Member agency, organized Executive Secretariat & Communications Group meetings and monitored 2 major disasters across the world. >, 11 IRS datasets were provided to Sri Lanka for managing flood & oil spill disasters. • Satellite Data Acquisition and Dissemination: 2,539 satellite passes (1,578) IRS and 961 Foreign) were acquired and archived. 2,12,333 IRS data products were disseminated, including 2,370 products through data supply chain and 2,09,963 products as free downloads through Bhuvan & MOSDAC.

C. Capacity Building:

1. and its applications 7200 participants (May 31-June 04)

2. Earth observation for carbon cycle 6088 participants studies (June 21-25) (922 Institutions)

3. Overview of web GIS technology 8676 participants (June 21) (1019 Countries)

4. Geospatial applications for disaster risk 1230 participants management- phase 11 (June-01)

D. International Cooperation:

• Under the existing ISRO-ESA Cooperative Agreement, "Arrangement between ISRO and ESA concerning network and operations cross-support" was signed on June 23, 2021.

Page 3 of 5 • Implementing Arrangement between ISRO and NOAA for cooperation in earth observation data exchange, was signed on May 27/June 10, 2021. • ISRO and have signed Non-Disclosure Agreement for sharing technical information on rocket-space equipment development and production including rocket propulsion on May 19, 2021. • Chairman, ISRO delivered a plenary talk in the High Level Space Leaders Panel at Global Conference on 2021 (GLEX 2021) organized by IAF and at St. Petersburg, Russia on June 15.

2. Compliance of Cos Decisions:

Proposed action plan/time lines No of Cos decisions Remarks pending for compliance for compliance of CoS decisions

3942/12 Under implementation - 5205/5 4600/8 5205/1 5205/2 Under consideration 5205/3 5205/4 5205/6

3. No of Cases of "Sanction for Prosecution" pending for more than three months :- NIL

4. Particulars of cases in which there has been a departure from the Transaction of Business Rules or established policy of the Government: - NIL 5. Status of implementation of e-Governance

Total No. of files Total No. of e-Files 936 570

6. Status of Public Grievances:

No. of Public grievances No. of Public Grievances readdressed during the month pending at the end of the month. 95 84

Page 4 of 5 7. Status of Compliance of ACC's directions on ACC Vacancy Monitoring System. The detailed status regarding all the posts pertaining to Department of Space has been updated on AVMS. The status of updation of vacancy as on 30.06.2021 is as follows: >, Total number of posts required to be entered on AVMS: - 26 >, Number of posts filled as on date: - 24 >, Number of posts totally vacant as on date: - 02 >, Number of posts under premature repatriation - 00 >, Number of posts under additional charge arrangement: - 00 >, Number of posts that would fall vacant during the next 06 months: -05

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