Context: Recently in A prototype of the National GIS-enabled Land Bank System was e-launched by Commerce and Industry Ministry for six States based on which land can be identified for setting up industries.
Key Points

• The platform is to provide database of industrial clusters all over India. It will serve as one-stop solution to free and easy accessibility of industrial information.
• The platform is to be supported by National Centre of Geo-Informatics, Invest India, National E-Governance Division, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Application and Geo-Informatics.
• This will help India in achieving its target of 5 trillion USD economy in five years. In order to achieve the target, the manufacturing sector has to play a major role as it has the potential to provide value addition and employment.
• During the launch of the system, the states were called upon to adopt Public Procurement Policy. Also, the states were suggested to adopt local manufacturing to boost Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

About the system

• The platform has mapped 3,300 industrial parks covering 4,75,000 hectares of land. It holds information related to forest, raw material heat maps, drainage and multiple layers of connectivity. The platform will serve as a prototype. Steps are being taken to integrate other states and union territories into the platform by December 2020.
• The Industrial Information system has a major role in the launch of the system

Various stakeholders

• The initiative has been supported by the National e-Governance Division (NeGD), National Centre of Geo-Informatics (NCoG), Invest India, Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics (BISAG), and Ministry of Electronics and Informational Technology.