Agriculture

Picture-based crop insurance: using farmers’ smartphone pictures to reduce basis risk and costs of loss verification

A picture-based insurance (PBI) product that assesses crop damage using mobile phone photos uploaded by farmers was implemented in Haryana due to its importance in cereal production, high smartphone ownership and homogenous production patterns, providing an ideal setting for a proof of concept.

Publication Date: 
20/07/2020
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Tags:
India, Punjab, Haryana, Agriculture, Farmers, Crop Insurance, Mobile Phone
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal operation of brick kilns in Fazilka and Mukatsar Districts of Punjab, 02/07/2020

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Virendra Kumar Vs State of Punjab dated 02/07/2020 regarding illegal operation of brick kilns in Fazilka and Mukatsar Districts of Punjab with the collusion of a Government Officer.

Judgement Date: 
02/07/2020
Tags:
Bricks, Fazilka, Muktsar, Punjab, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Industrial Pollution
Industry

Report on compliance of environmental norms by Trident Complex, village Dhaula, district Barnala, Punjab

Inspection report of Trident Complex of M/s Trident Limited, Mansa Road, Village-Dhaula, District Barnala, Punjab. This was in pursuance to the NGT order of December 4, 2019 in the matter of O.A. No. 689 of 2019 in the matter of Beant Singh Bajwa Vs State of Punjab & Others. The NGT had called for a fresh, independent and comprehensive inspection report from the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) to ascertain the factual situation especially on extraction of groundwater by the unit.

Judgement Date: 
22/06/2020
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Water Demand, Wastewater Recycling, Punjab, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Groundwater Recharge
Water Pollution

Report on steps to control pollution in river Sutlej and Beas, Punjab, 05/06/2020

4th report of the Monitoring Committee headed by Justice Jasbir Singh, constituted by the National Green Tribunal in OA No. 916 of 2018 in the matter of Sobha Singh & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 05/06/2020.

Judgement Date: 
05/06/2020
Tags:
Sutlej, Beas, River Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Ludhiana (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Water Pollution Control, Punjab
Air Pollution

Report by PPCB on paddy straw fired power plant, 08/05/2020

Report of Punjab Pollution Control Board in compliance of National Green Tribunal order of January 27, 2020. Darshan Singh, retired engineer of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited had filed an application before the NGT and said that he has prepared a project report to convert coal fired thermal plant at Bathinda to paddy straw fired power plant - which would result in reduction of pollution, taking place on account of burning of paddy straw.

Judgement Date: 
08/05/2020
Tags:
Crop Residues, Punjab, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Air Pollution Control, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Thermal Power Plants, Waste To Energy
Water Pollution

Report by the Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana on disposal of dead animal carcasses in Hadda Roddi, Punjab, 05/03/2020

Action Taken Report from the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, Punjab in original appliction no. 465 of 2019 in the matter of Kulwinder Singh Sandhu & Others Vs Ram Murti & Others.

Judgement Date: 
03/05/2020
Tags:
Slaughter Waste, Ludhiana (D), Waste Disposal, River Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Punjab, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Water Resources

Action plan for rejuvenation of ponds, Punjab, 31/03/2020

Action plan for rejuvenation of ponds by the Directorate of Environment and Climate Change, Department of Science, Technology and Environment, government of Punjab dated March 31, 2020.

Judgement Date: 
31/03/2020
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Pollution, Water Pollution Control, Punjab, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Water Management, River Pollution, Water Conservation
Sanitation

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on construction of toilets under SBM-U, 11/03/2020

Government of India have launched Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) on 2ndOct, 2014 with an objective to make all the urban areas of the country Open Defecation Free (ODF) and 100% scientific processing of its Municipal Solid Waste.

Publication Date: 
11/03/2020
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Sanitation, India, Punjab, Open Defecation
Natural Disasters

Question raised in Lok Sabha on loss due to floods and thunder storms, 03/03/2020

Question raised in Lok Sabha on loss due to floods and thunder storms, 03/03/2020. Several States in the country have been affected by natural calamities including thunder storms and floods during 2019-20.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Lok Sabha, India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Storms, Floods, Assam, Arunachal, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Uttar Pradesh
Water Resources

Report in the matter of a residential project obstructing the natural flow of Siswan Nadi, Mohali, Punjab

Final report in the matter related to OA No. 980/2019 titled as Harminder Singh & Others Vs Union of India & Others regarding a residential project by M/s Omaxe Chandigarh Extension Developer Pvt. Ltd. obstructing the natural flow of Siswan Nadi and the creek joining it.

Findings of the joint committee which comprised of Additional Chief Secretary, Housing and Urban Development, Punjab, Secretary, Irrigation Department, Punjab and State Environment Impact Assessment Authority, Punjab:

Judgement Date: 
02/03/2020
Tags:
Rivers, Hydrology, Mohali (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Punjab, River Pollution

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