With accurate estimation of crop acreage, yield and productivity becoming increasingly important for sound policy interventions, a high-powered committee, headed by agricultural economist A Vaidyanathan, has recommended use of remote sensing technique for determining land use, crop area and yield estimates.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/use-remote-sensing-agriculture-data-collection-panel
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/remote-sensing
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crops