National Remote Sensing Centre
| राष्ट्रीय सुदूर संवेदन केन्द्र | |
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| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 21 November 1963 |
| Jurisdiction | Department of Space |
| Headquarters | Hyderabad, India 17°28′4.22″N 78°26′58″E / 17.4678389°N 78.44944°E |
| Annual budget | See the budget of ISRO |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | ISRO |
| Website | ISRO NRSC home page |
National Remote Sensing Centre (Hindi: राष्ट्रीय सुदूर संवेदन केन्द्र), or NRSC, located in Hyderabad, Telangana is one of the centres of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). NRSC manages data from aerial and satellite sources.[1][2]
Finances
[edit]NRSC is mostly financed by State and Central Government India funds but also do commercial business by selling satellite images and provide Consultancy to various government, private organisations. According to RTI number: NRESC/R/E/20/00021, revenues and grants values are published for 2014 to 2019 year.[citation needed]
In 2025 Government of India announced ₹ 1,706.79 crore, for supporting centers.[3]
| S.No | Financial Year | Revenue from
Sale of Satellite data (in INR Lakhs) |
Revenue from
Consultancy Services (in INR Lakhs) |
Funds given by
State and Central Governments (in INR Lakhs) |
Revenue
from Patents (in INR Lakhs) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2014–2015 | 2085.21 | 670.83 | 29069.43 | - |
| 2 | 2015–2016 | 3069.84 | 191.99 | 37366.81 | - |
| 3 | 2016–2017 | 1007.49 | 838.77 | 38109.31 | - |
| 4 | 2017–2018 | 1417.69 | 1571.75 | 47271.95 | - |
| 5 | 2018–2019 | 1643.91 | 4872.03 | 49437.40 | - |
References
[edit]- ^ "National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) – ISRO". isro.gov.in. ISRO. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ "HYDRAA signs MoU with NRSC towards making land/lake data accessible to people". The Hindu. 11 April 2025. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ "Dept of space gets Rs 13.4k crore, up from Rs 11.7k crore; NSIL another Rs 1k crore". The Times of India. 1 February 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
