{
  "id": 5261553,
  "title": "Centre to launch GIS-based digital registry for rural road infrastructure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/centre-to-launch-gis-based-digital-registry-for-rural-road",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-03T06:00:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/india/rural-roads-registry-gis-mapping-pmgsy-india-11788406830943.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Ministry of Rural Development is set to launch a cutting-edge digital registry for rural road infrastructure, leveraging Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping technology. This centralized database aims to shift planning from traditional project-based methods to long-term asset and lifecycle management, according to two officials familiar with the initiative. The new platform will replace outdated and fragmented record-keeping with a comprehensive, GIS-based system designed to better track and manage rural road assets over their entire lifespan.",
  "summary": "The centralized database will map roads, bridges, and culverts to streamline maintenance, optimize public spending, and fix gaps in existing network data, two officials told Mint.",
  "key_points": [
    "Ministry of Rural Development launching GIS-based digital registry.",
    "New platform replaces outdated, fragmented record-keeping.",
    "GIS mapping to enable long-term asset and lifecycle management."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}