Chandigarh August 13: Haryana Government has decided to transfer the administrative control of Haryana Space Application Centre (HARSAC) on ‘as is where is’ basis along with all existing assets and liabilities from Science and Technology Department to Citizen Resources Information Department (CRID).
A decision to this effect was taken in the meeting of the State Cabinet which met under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal here today.
The Haryana Space Application Centre (HARSAC), Hisar formerly known as Haryana State Remote Sensing Application Centre upto 2007, is a registered society under Haryana Registration and Regulation of Societies Act 2012 situated at the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU) at Hisar. HARSAC was established in the year 1986 under the Administrative Control of Science and Technology Department with the objective of utilization and application of satellite data in various sectors, nodal agency for all Remote Sensing, Geographical Information System and Global Positioning System and to act as a Nodal Agency for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles /Drone based survey for the State.
The other key objectives of HARSAC are to undertake, promote, guide, coordinate and aid research and development in the field of remote sensing, to carry out surveys for monitoring and assessment of the entire gamut of natural resources sectors using remote sensing techniques, to provide research and development support to the teaching and research organizations of the State in specified areas of remote sensing technology, to organize training facilities, lecture, seminars and symposia for advanced study and research in remote sensing technology and its applications and to periodically publish the results of remote sensing investigations carried out by the HARSAC.
The assets of HARSAC include 5 acres of land on lease from CCSHAU, Hisar for a period of 99 years that is upto April 21, 2087 at a rate of Rs 1 per acre per annum. The lease is extendable. It also has other immovable assets of Rs 146.32 lakh and movable assets of Rs 7,24,27,776. Apart from this, HARSAC has a bank deposit of Rs 46,42,86,966.90 and committed liabilities for different projects of Rs 51,62,84,938.
HARSAC is located in CCSHAU Campus, Hisar and it has one Node at Gurugram and front office at Panchkula. There are 55 sanctioned Technical and non-Technical posts in HARSAC.