Future Thrust of Bureau
- Remote sensing and GIS applications in landforms mapping and soil-landscape modelling using advanced state-of-the-art technologies.
- To carry out pedological research for understanding various soil ecological parameters and increase the scope of future land use planning.
- Soil survey and mapping of the soils at different scales in India and abroad through contemporary soil digital mapping techniques.
- Soil genesis, classification, characterization and correlation, of benchmark soils and its monitoring for futuristic planning.
- Conduct and promote research in soil survey, land evaluation and land use planning using modern geostatistical tools
- Application of Geospatial technologies and latest soil-based information in assessment and monitoring of land degradation.
- Delineation/characterization/refinement of AERs/AESRs/AEZs/AEUs
- Agro-ecological sub regions-based Land Use planning at different levels.
- Perspective and participatory land use planning.
- Strengthening hyperspectral soil reflectance library and modelling hyperspectral data.
- Preparing dataset for soil carbon sequestration and mapping of India and the World and modelling of soil carbon for perspective planning.
- Enrichment of BHOOMI Geoportal and development of application services.
- Soil and land quality assessment and monitoring.