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the establishment of National Natural Resources 
Management System (NNRMS) in the country. The 
widespread applicability coupled with efficient 
promotion of remote sensing technology through 
use of satellite data on a specific need basis 
and providing solutions to all the problems 
pertaining natural resources has been the key to 
success of remote sensing. The technology 
missions on Drinking Water, Oil Seeds Crop 
production and Wasteland Development which have 
been conceived at the national level have been 
fully benefitted through use of remote sensing 
technology amply demonstrating the promotional 
strength of remote sensing in India. The 
various application projects several of them are 
either diagnostic or solution specific have 
provided meaningful information to various 
levels for planning purposes viz., strategic, 
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tactical and technical. The indigeniously 
developed highly sophisticated application 
packages, hardware, software, visual 
interpretation aids and ground truth equipment 
are commercially available and requires 
aggressive marketing. 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
I acknowledge thanks to my colleague Dr. DP 
Rao, Deputy Director (Applications) for many 
useful discussions and to Dr. C B S Dutt for the 
technical assistance. The support rendered by 
Shri $S Ravindran and secretarial assistance of 
Shri M Madhava Charyulu and Shri S Anjaneyulu is 
thankfully acknowledged.