a mission of central government

1. NATIONAL URBAN
INFORMATION SYSTEM

2. DEFINITION
•National Urban Information System is a
geographic information system for cadastral,
land-use mapping and data collection, typically
used by local and central government.

3. GENERAL INFORMATION:
• The Ministry of Urban Development launched the National Urban
Information System (NUIS) Scheme in March, 2006 on National
Mission Mode.
• This scheme was launched for developing GIS database for 137
towns/cities (currently 152 towns/cities) in India.
• The maps prepared will be at two scales i.e. 1:10000 & 1:2000. In
addition to this under NUIS scheme utility mapping will for done at
1:1000 scale for 24 towns.

4. Components of NUIS Scheme
• Urban Spatial Information System (USIS) to meet the spatial
requirements of urban planning. It will help in making GIS based multi
hierarchical data base to support Master/Zonal plan preparation and
help Urban Local Bodies in administration and utilities management.
• National Urban Databank and Indicators (NUDB&I) to
develop indicators for supporting National Urban Observatory (NUO)
by integrating the database of all states and towns at
TCPO/MoUD. Enable the establishment of a Local Urban
Observatory (LUO) in each State which will integrate the NUDB&I
databases for all towns within the State.

5. OBJECTIVE OF NUIS
• Improve urban planning and infrastructure development.
• Facilitate urban land reform.
• Support environment management.
• Build capacity among town planning professionals in the use of
modern automated methods.
• Decentralize data generation, storage and manipulation at various
levels of planning.
• Integrate conventional data sources with modern data sources to
develop GIS database.

7. Limitations of NUIS
• Town planning is a state subject so developing standard indicators for
all town and cities will be difficult.
• Although selection procedure for towns and cities covered under the
scheme is rational but some important urban centers remain
uncovered
• Fund allocation for the scheme is very less when compared to other
schemes like JNNURM as the per capita expenditure is about Rs.5.60/-
as compared to Rs.4500/- for JNNURM for making CDPs.
• Coordination at different level is essential to fulfill the objective
• Skilled man power is required for various work at different levels.