"National Geospatial Policy 2022" marked a landmark reform that democratized access to geospatial data, liberalised the sector: Dr Jitendra Singh

• National Geospatial Policy (NGP) 2022, notified on 28 December 2022 by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), is a citizen-centric framework to liberalise and democratise India's geospatial sector with a vision horizon to 2035.
• Supersedes the earlier restrictive regime by formalising the February 2021 Geospatial Guidelines, replacing prior approvals with self-certification for Indian entities.
• Examinable for GS-III (Sci-Tech, Economy, Internal Security) and GS-II (Governance); frequently paired with Survey of India, NavIC, ISRO, Digital India in MCQs.