Isro data from remote sensing satellites helped raise crop output: minister

Jitendra Singh highlights use of Isro technology in railway safety, border protection, telemedicine and other areas

The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro)'s technology is no longer mainly about launching satellites. The space agency has been constantly enlarging its role in development activities, contributing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mission of "Transforming India", said Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Development of Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh.

He said today Isro technology is being used to carry out production forecasts for at least eight major crops such as wheat, Kharif and rabi rice, mustard, jute, cotton, sugarcane, rabi sorghum and rabi pulses. 

Speaking about the comparative improvement in the crop condition and increased productivity in the agriculture sector