Commercial income by ISRO and other organization
Commercial income by ISRO and other organization
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is primarily engaged in
Research & Development activities in the area of space technology and its
applications. All the commercial activities related to space technology are
managed by Antrix Corporation Limited, the commercial arm of Department of
Space.
Antrix Corporation Limited
has been generating commercial income. The details for the last five
financial years are given below:
(Rs in crores)
|
Financial
Year
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
2012-13
|
2013-14
|
2014-15
(un-audited)
|
|
Turnover
|
1113.58
|
1180.60
|
1295.28
|
1608.72
|
1860.71
|
|
Net Profit
|
138.86
|
170.98
|
177.07
|
200.50
|
205.10
|
|
Dividend
|
27.78
|
34.20
|
35.42
|
40.10
|
41.12
|
|
Net Worth
|
670.15
|
801.39
|
937.02
|
1087.35
|
1238.46
|
This information was given by the Union Minister of State (Independent
Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public
Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in reply
to unstarred question in Rajya Sabha today.
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Satellite to support farmers
The satellite-enabled services to support farmers in India include
weather forecasting, agro-advisory, agromet services, soil moisture and
agricultural extension activities to support farming operations in the country
by India Meteorology Department (IMD), Ministry of Earth Sciences. These
services are provided by using satellite as well as ground based data.
Further, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has demonstrated the concept of Village Resource Centres (VRC) jointly with State Governments and Non-Governmental Organisations for providing integrated space technology based services for development of rural areas related to tele-healthcare, tele-education, natural resources information, advisories related to agriculture career guidance to rural students, skill development and vocational training etc.
The satellite-enabled services to support farmers are integral part of an overarching plan to design & deploy various satellite based services to meet the developmental needs of the country and no separate funds are allocated or spent exclusively for satellite-enabled services to support farmers.
This information was given by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in reply to unstarred question in Rajya Sabha today.
Further, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has demonstrated the concept of Village Resource Centres (VRC) jointly with State Governments and Non-Governmental Organisations for providing integrated space technology based services for development of rural areas related to tele-healthcare, tele-education, natural resources information, advisories related to agriculture career guidance to rural students, skill development and vocational training etc.
The satellite-enabled services to support farmers are integral part of an overarching plan to design & deploy various satellite based services to meet the developmental needs of the country and no separate funds are allocated or spent exclusively for satellite-enabled services to support farmers.
This information was given by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in reply to unstarred question in Rajya Sabha today.
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India's Mars Orbiter Mission
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) has completed its 100th orbit around Mars on
25th June, 2015.
Mars Orbiter was in blackout zone from 2nd June 2015 to 2nd July 2015. It has come out of blackout zone on 2nd July 2015.
The Payload operations have restarted from 14th July 2015. All Payload operations are being carried out regularly.
The Health of Mars Orbiter and all its subsystems are normal and all the five payloads are performing satisfactorily.
This information was given by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in reply to unstarred question in Rajya Sabha today.
Mars Orbiter was in blackout zone from 2nd June 2015 to 2nd July 2015. It has come out of blackout zone on 2nd July 2015.
The Payload operations have restarted from 14th July 2015. All Payload operations are being carried out regularly.
The Health of Mars Orbiter and all its subsystems are normal and all the five payloads are performing satisfactorily.
This information was given by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in reply to unstarred question in Rajya Sabha today.
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Improvements in Weather Forecasting
The weather forecasting systems in the country are comparable to most of
the countries in the world with respect to weather forecasting. The Minister of
State for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Shri Y.S.Chowdary in a
reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today said that during the past few
years, the Earth System Science Organization-India Meteorological Department
(ESSO-IMD) has been continuously improving weather prediction services in terms
of accuracy, lead time and associated impact. He said to improve further the
ESSO-IMD had taken following steps:
(i) upgradation of observation systems (ii) advanced data assimilation tools (iii) advanced communication and IT infrastructure (iv) high performance computing systems and (v) intensive/sophisticated training of ESSO- IMD personnel to facilitate the implementation of advanced global/regional/ meso-scale prediction models for improving the accuracy of weather forecasts in all temporal and spatial scales and for quick dissemination of weather forecast assessments/warnings to the users.
The High Performance Computing (HPC) systems have been recently up-scaled to 1.2 petaflops to support the ongoing efforts for enhancing the weather forecasting capacities through assimilating all available global satellite radiance data for the production of forecast products at 22 km grid globally and 9km/3km grid over India/regional/mega city domains.
During the XII Plan, under the National Monsoon Mission initiative, other institutions of ESSO, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (ESSO-IITM), Pune, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (ESSO-INCOIS), Hyderabad and National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (ESSO-NCMRWF), NOIDA have embarked upon to build a state-of-the-art coupled ocean-atmospheric weather & climate model for: a) improved prediction of monsoon rainfall on extended range to seasonal time scale (16 days to one season) and b) improved prediction of temperature, rainfall and extreme weather events on short to medium range time scale (up to 15 days) so that forecast skill gets quantitatively improved further for operational services of ESSO-IMD.
Through Indo-US collaboration, a “Monsoon Desk” has been set up for working jointly for improving seasonal forecast of the Indian monsoon rainfall. Through this forum, Indian and US Scientists are exchanging their ideas and sharing their expertise. This effort has led to appreciable improvements in the efficiency of models in making better forecasts, Shri Chowdary added.
(i) upgradation of observation systems (ii) advanced data assimilation tools (iii) advanced communication and IT infrastructure (iv) high performance computing systems and (v) intensive/sophisticated training of ESSO- IMD personnel to facilitate the implementation of advanced global/regional/ meso-scale prediction models for improving the accuracy of weather forecasts in all temporal and spatial scales and for quick dissemination of weather forecast assessments/warnings to the users.
The High Performance Computing (HPC) systems have been recently up-scaled to 1.2 petaflops to support the ongoing efforts for enhancing the weather forecasting capacities through assimilating all available global satellite radiance data for the production of forecast products at 22 km grid globally and 9km/3km grid over India/regional/mega city domains.
During the XII Plan, under the National Monsoon Mission initiative, other institutions of ESSO, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (ESSO-IITM), Pune, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (ESSO-INCOIS), Hyderabad and National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (ESSO-NCMRWF), NOIDA have embarked upon to build a state-of-the-art coupled ocean-atmospheric weather & climate model for: a) improved prediction of monsoon rainfall on extended range to seasonal time scale (16 days to one season) and b) improved prediction of temperature, rainfall and extreme weather events on short to medium range time scale (up to 15 days) so that forecast skill gets quantitatively improved further for operational services of ESSO-IMD.
Through Indo-US collaboration, a “Monsoon Desk” has been set up for working jointly for improving seasonal forecast of the Indian monsoon rainfall. Through this forum, Indian and US Scientists are exchanging their ideas and sharing their expertise. This effort has led to appreciable improvements in the efficiency of models in making better forecasts, Shri Chowdary added.
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Establishment of Centre for World Natural Heritage Management and
Training for Asia and Pacific Region at Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), in
association with UNESCO, is establishing a Centre for World Natural Heritage
Management and Training for the Asia and Pacific Region as a UNESCO Category 2
Centre at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun. The Centre will be
established by signing an agreement with UNESCO very soon, as all the
procedures are completed. This is for the first time that an existing institute
has been accorded the recognition of Category 2 Centre (C2C) by the UNESCO and
is also the first centre to be established for management and training in the
field of natural heritage in the world.
Minister of State (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar, said that this is a recognition of the excellent work done by the institute in the field of World Heritage management in natural heritage and this experience will be useful for all the countries of Asia and Pacific Region for identification of potential natural heritage sites, their inscription and management in line with the objectives of World Heritage Convention.
The C2C will function as an integral part of the Wildlife Institute of India by sharing its campus, management and human resources. The Governing Council will have participation of UNESCO, which will also provide advice from global experts. As the centre will cater to capacity building needs of Asia Pacific, it will also be able to provide additional incentive to WII for providing its services in identification, capacity building for management and monitoring of natural heritage for all the countries in the Region.
Asia Pacific already has 227 world heritage properties, out of which 59 are natural sites. Among these, 32 properties are in India, including seven natural heritages. These are – Kaziranga National Park, Keoladeo National Park, Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, Sunderban National Park, Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Park, Western Ghats (39 sites comprising forests, national parks and sanctuaries) and Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area.
Proposal for Khangchendzonga National Park is under evaluation for inscription.
Minister of State (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar, said that this is a recognition of the excellent work done by the institute in the field of World Heritage management in natural heritage and this experience will be useful for all the countries of Asia and Pacific Region for identification of potential natural heritage sites, their inscription and management in line with the objectives of World Heritage Convention.
The C2C will function as an integral part of the Wildlife Institute of India by sharing its campus, management and human resources. The Governing Council will have participation of UNESCO, which will also provide advice from global experts. As the centre will cater to capacity building needs of Asia Pacific, it will also be able to provide additional incentive to WII for providing its services in identification, capacity building for management and monitoring of natural heritage for all the countries in the Region.
Asia Pacific already has 227 world heritage properties, out of which 59 are natural sites. Among these, 32 properties are in India, including seven natural heritages. These are – Kaziranga National Park, Keoladeo National Park, Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, Sunderban National Park, Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Park, Western Ghats (39 sites comprising forests, national parks and sanctuaries) and Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area.
Proposal for Khangchendzonga National Park is under evaluation for inscription.
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Garbage Disposal in Pilgrim Centres
The Government has notified Municipal Solid Waste (Management and
Handling) Rules, 2000 for collection and disposal of garbage in environmentally
sustainable manner in all the municipal areas in the country. These Rules
extend to those pilgrim centres located in all the municipal towns. The Rules
provide for procedure for segregation and disposal of municipal solid waste,
and municipal authorities are responsible for development of infrastructure for
collection, segregation, transportation, processing and disposal of the waste
within their jurisdictions. In respect of non-biodegradable waste i.e.
primarily plastic waste, the Government has notified Plastic Waste (Management
and Handling) Rules, 2011. The Rules provide for conditions to be followed for
manufacture, use, sale and distribution of plastic carry bags. Manufacture and
use of plastic carry bags of thickness less than 40 micron is prohibited.
Municipal authorities and respective State Governments are the responsible to
implement the prescribed provisions. Certain States have restricted the use of
non-biodegradable plastic bags in the pilgrimage centres and other historic/
tourist places. The Ministry has published Draft Plastic Waste Management
Rules, 2015 inviting public comments and suggestions. These rules inter-alia
provide for expanding the jurisdiction of applicability to entire country which
will include all the pilgrim centres, increasing the minimum thickness of poly
bags to 50 microns, bringing in the responsibilities of producers and
generators both and strengthening the role of the local governments in
effective management of plastic waste.
This information was given by Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar, in Rajya Sabha today.
This information was given by Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar, in Rajya Sabha today.
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Forest Cover Stands at Twenty One Per Cent of Total Geographical Area of
the Country: Javadekar
As per India State of Forest
Report-2013, the total forest cover in the country is 697,898 square kilometers
which is 21.23% of the total geographical area of the country. There is a net
increase of 5871 square kilometers in the forest cover of the country as
compared with India State of Forest Report-2011.
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Mean Temperature in India has Risen by Nearly Around 0.6 Degree Celsius
in more than One Hundred Years: Javadekar
Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
published in 2014 highlights that mean surface temperature of the globe has
risen by 0.85 degree Celsius over the period 1880 to 2012. In line with rising
temperature across the globe, all India mean temperature has risen by nearly
around 0.6 degree Celsius over the last 110 years. Further, a report entitled
‘Climate Change: A Risk Assessment’ released by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth
Office states that the probability of exposed individuals experiencing such
conditions in a given year starts to become significant for a global
temperature rise of around 5 degree Celsius, and could exceed 50% for a global
temperature rise of around 7 degree Celsius in hot areas such as northern
India, southeastern China and south-eastern USA.
A scientific study to assess the impact of climate change has been undertaken and a report titled “Climate Change and India: 4X4 Assessment - A Sectoral and Regional Analysis for 2030s” was published in 2010 by the Government of India. The report has assessed impacts of climate change on four key sectors of Indian economy, namely Agriculture, Water, Natural Ecosystems & Biodiversity and Health in four climate sensitive regions of India, namely, the Himalayan region, the Western Ghats, the Coastal Area and the North-East Region. As per the Report, the annual mean surface air temperature is projected to rise by 1.7 degree Celsius and 2 degree Celsius in 2030s.
Government has released the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) which has eight national missions. National Water Mission, National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem, Green India Mission, National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture focus on adaptation measures for reducing and managing the risk of climate change, including rise in temperatures. State Governments have also prepared State Action Plans on Climate Change in line with the objectives of NAPCC and state specific issues.
A scientific study to assess the impact of climate change has been undertaken and a report titled “Climate Change and India: 4X4 Assessment - A Sectoral and Regional Analysis for 2030s” was published in 2010 by the Government of India. The report has assessed impacts of climate change on four key sectors of Indian economy, namely Agriculture, Water, Natural Ecosystems & Biodiversity and Health in four climate sensitive regions of India, namely, the Himalayan region, the Western Ghats, the Coastal Area and the North-East Region. As per the Report, the annual mean surface air temperature is projected to rise by 1.7 degree Celsius and 2 degree Celsius in 2030s.
Government has released the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) which has eight national missions. National Water Mission, National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem, Green India Mission, National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture focus on adaptation measures for reducing and managing the risk of climate change, including rise in temperatures. State Governments have also prepared State Action Plans on Climate Change in line with the objectives of NAPCC and state specific issues.
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Solution to Hardships of Human Beings and Wild Animals
Estimates of population of major wild
animals indicate that there has been an increase in number of animals. The
number of Asiatic lions has increased from 304 in 1995 to 523 in 2015, Tiger
has increased from 1411 in 2006 to 2226 in 2014 and the Elephants from 25569 in
1993 to 29391-30711 in 2012.
Incidences of loss of human lives and
damage to crops by wild animals are reported in various parts of the country
from time to time. As such data of such incidents are not collated in the
Ministry. However, the reports received from the States in National Tiger
Conservation Authority and Project Elephant indicate the following data on
human death due to Tiger and Elephant.
|
|
Tiger
|
Elephant
|
|
2012-13
|
22
|
371
|
|
2013-14
|
24
|
335
|
|
2014-15
|
26
|
63
|
|
Current Year
|
Not available
|
Not available
|
|
Total
|
72
|
769
|
Degradation of the habitat including, depletion of water and food
availability is considered some of the reasons for wild animals to come out of
its natural habitat.
Wildlife management
primarily focuses on improvement of habitats of wild animals by augmenting the
availability of food and water in forest areas to reduce the entry of animals
from forests to habitations.
The Central
Government provides financial assistance to State/Union Territory Governments
under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes of 'Integrated Development of Wildlife
Habitats', 'Project Tiger' and ’Project Elephant', for augmenting their
efforts for management of wildlife and their habitats.
The assistance is
also provided to the States for payment of ex-gratia relief,
management of wildlife conflict situations and construction/erection of
physical barriers, such as barbed wire fence, solar powered electric fence,
bio-fencing, boundary walls etc. wherever feasible. In many parts of the
country, anti-depredation squads have also been set up to drive away
problematic animals.
Keeping in view the
losses to crops inflicted by the wild animals, this Ministry, on 24th December,
2014 issued an advisory to the States highlighting the legal provisions under
the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 to deal with the human-wildlife conflict
situations. Vide this advisory, Ministry has also sought proposals from
State/Union Territory Governments, after objective assessment of the situation
with details of the areas in which notification under section 62 of the Act,
declaring any wild animals as vermin for specified period, could be helpful in
management of conflict. The same advisory has also been sent to the Chief
Minister’s and Environment and Forest Minister’s of all the States/Union
Territory Governments and also to all the Council of Minister’s in the
Government of India.
Further, Ministry has also issued a
detailed advisory on 1st June, 2015 to the State/Union
Territory Governments regarding the priority actions for management of human
wildlife conflict. The State/UT Governments have been requested to institute a
‘Human Wildlife Management Strategy’ along with other suggested measures for
the proper management and prevention of human wildlife conflict situations.
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Government Has Taken Several Measures to Minimise the Impact of Air
Pollution: Javadekar
Environmental pollution
on account of air pollution causes respiratory diseases in children. Air
Pollution in general causes respiratory ailments and also may affect lung
function. Asthma, Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, chronic bronchitis etc. are the diseases caused
by exposure to increasing air pollution. Air pollution is known to be one of the
aggravating factors for many respiratory ailments and cardiovascular diseases.Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) had
conducted an epidemiological study on ambient air quality, respiratory systems
and lung functions of children in association with the Chittranjan
National Cancer Institute, Kolkata.
To minimize the impact of environmental pollution particularly air pollution,
the Government has inter alia taken the following actions:
· Notification of
National Ambient Air Quality Standards 2009, envisaging 12 pollutants;
· Formulation of
regulations/statutes;
· Setting up of
monitoring network for assessment of ambient air quality;
· Introduction of
cleaner/alternate fuel like CNG, LPG etc. and promotion of public transport
network including Metro;
· Creation of
infrastructure for industrial pollution control incorporating cleaner
production processes, setting up of common pollution control facilities;
The Government after realizing the gravity of pollution, have also taken the
following measures:
· Clean India Mission
(Swatch Bharat Abhiyan) has been launched;
· Draft Rules for
handing and management of municipal waste have been notified for comments of
stakeholders.
· Standards for sewage
treatment plants have been notified for comments of stakeholders.
· Implementation of
Bharat Stage IV norms in the 63 selected cities and Bharat Stage III norms in
rest of the country;
· National Air Quality
index was launched by the Prime Minister in April, 2015 starting with 10
cities;
· Banning of burning of
leaves/ biomass;
· Relevant draft rules,
including those pertaining to construction and demolition waste have been
notified;
· Regular co-ordination
meetings are being held at official and ministerial level with Delhi and other
State Governments within the National Capital Region (NCR) on 6th April,
13th April and 24th July, 2015 to control
environmental pollution in NCR adopting air-shed approach;
· Short-term plan has
been reviewed and long-term plans have been formulated to mitigate
pollution in NCR;
· Stringent industrial
standards have been formulated and notified for public/stakeholder’s comments;
· Government is giving
high priority for public partnership in lane discipline, car pooling, vehicle
maintenance, pollution under control certification etc.
· Out of 2800 major
industries, 920 industries have installed on-line continuous (24X7) monitoring
devices.
This information was given by Minister
of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri
Prakash Javadekar, in Rajya Sabha today.
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Menace of E-Waste
A report from Central Pollution Control
Board inticated the quantum of E-waste generation in the country in 2005 to the
tune of 1.46 lakh Metric Ton (MT) which was projected to increase to 8 lakh MT
by the year 2012.
The guideline for ‘Implementation of E-Waste Rules 2011’ provide for detailed operational modalities which inter-alia include norms for safety of workers in recycling units of E-waste. These safety norms mandate safety gears for workers including personal protective equipment, employment of skilled manpower in specific sector having adequate tools etc.
Un-scientific dismantling and recycling of E-waste generates hazardous wastes such as spent acids, metallic residues, ash residues etc., which if disposed-off on land results into contamination of soils as well as groundwater. E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 have been notified for effective management of E-waste. These Rules provides for ‘Extended Producer Responsibility’ under which producers will be responsible for collection and channelization of E-waste generated from the ‘end of life’ of their products to registered dismantler or recycler. State Pollution Control Boards/Pollution Control Committees are the designated authorities for monitoring and compliance under these rules. To ensure better implementation of management of electronic waste, Ministry has published draft E-Waste Management Rules, 2015 inviting public comments and suggestions. The provisions of this Draft Rule include expanding producers’ responsibility, setting up of Producers’ Responsibility Organizations, and E-waste Exchange, assigning specific responsibility to bulk consumers of electronic products for safe disposal, providing for economic incentives for collection of electronic waste, providing for logo-based identification of E-waste Rules compliant companies, providing for restriction on Government procurement of electronic products only from the companies who are compliant with E-waste Rules, and other measures to include dedicated responsibility of electronic and electrical product manufacturers for collection and channelizing of electronic waste.
The guideline for ‘Implementation of E-Waste Rules 2011’ provide for detailed operational modalities which inter-alia include norms for safety of workers in recycling units of E-waste. These safety norms mandate safety gears for workers including personal protective equipment, employment of skilled manpower in specific sector having adequate tools etc.
Un-scientific dismantling and recycling of E-waste generates hazardous wastes such as spent acids, metallic residues, ash residues etc., which if disposed-off on land results into contamination of soils as well as groundwater. E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 have been notified for effective management of E-waste. These Rules provides for ‘Extended Producer Responsibility’ under which producers will be responsible for collection and channelization of E-waste generated from the ‘end of life’ of their products to registered dismantler or recycler. State Pollution Control Boards/Pollution Control Committees are the designated authorities for monitoring and compliance under these rules. To ensure better implementation of management of electronic waste, Ministry has published draft E-Waste Management Rules, 2015 inviting public comments and suggestions. The provisions of this Draft Rule include expanding producers’ responsibility, setting up of Producers’ Responsibility Organizations, and E-waste Exchange, assigning specific responsibility to bulk consumers of electronic products for safe disposal, providing for economic incentives for collection of electronic waste, providing for logo-based identification of E-waste Rules compliant companies, providing for restriction on Government procurement of electronic products only from the companies who are compliant with E-waste Rules, and other measures to include dedicated responsibility of electronic and electrical product manufacturers for collection and channelizing of electronic waste.
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Steps Being Taken to Increase Forest Area: Javadekar
As per India State of Forest Report-2013, the total forest cover in the
country is 697,898 square kilometers which is 21.23% of the total geographical
area of the country. There is a net increase of 5871 square kilometers in the
forest cover of the country as compared with India State of Forest Report-2011.
It is also a fact that the density of population has increased in the State of
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand.
In order to increase the forest and tree cover and improve the quality of existing forest, afforestation in the country is taken up under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes such as National Afforestation Programme (NAP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), National Bamboo Mission (NBM) and under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), 13th Finance Commission Grant, different State Plan/ Non- Plan Schemes including externally aided projects. National Afforestation Programme (NAP) of the Ministry of Environment & Forests is a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Afforestation and tree plantation and eco-restoration of degraded forests and adjoining areas in the country. The Scheme is being implemented through a decentralized mechanism of State Forest Development Agency (SFDA) at State level, Forest Development Agency (FDA) at Forest Division level and Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) at Village levels. The Ministry has also released funds to the tune of Rs.4994.55 lakhs and 1265.50 lakhs to the states in the financial year 2012-13 and 2013-14 for preparatory activities for implementation of Green India Mission. The activities undertaken by the State Governments under preparatory phase include institutional strengthening, training, identification of landscapes and preparation of Perspective Plan for implementation of Green India Mission.
National Afforestation Programme is the flagship scheme under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, which being a demand driven scheme, the target are not fixed and afforestation area is sanctioned based on the proposals received from the State Forest Development agencies on the basis of past performance, potential degraded forest land available for ecorestoration and availability of budget under the scheme.
In order to increase the forest and tree cover and improve the quality of existing forest, afforestation in the country is taken up under various Centrally Sponsored Schemes such as National Afforestation Programme (NAP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), National Bamboo Mission (NBM) and under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA), 13th Finance Commission Grant, different State Plan/ Non- Plan Schemes including externally aided projects. National Afforestation Programme (NAP) of the Ministry of Environment & Forests is a 100% Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Afforestation and tree plantation and eco-restoration of degraded forests and adjoining areas in the country. The Scheme is being implemented through a decentralized mechanism of State Forest Development Agency (SFDA) at State level, Forest Development Agency (FDA) at Forest Division level and Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMCs) at Village levels. The Ministry has also released funds to the tune of Rs.4994.55 lakhs and 1265.50 lakhs to the states in the financial year 2012-13 and 2013-14 for preparatory activities for implementation of Green India Mission. The activities undertaken by the State Governments under preparatory phase include institutional strengthening, training, identification of landscapes and preparation of Perspective Plan for implementation of Green India Mission.
National Afforestation Programme is the flagship scheme under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, which being a demand driven scheme, the target are not fixed and afforestation area is sanctioned based on the proposals received from the State Forest Development agencies on the basis of past performance, potential degraded forest land available for ecorestoration and availability of budget under the scheme.
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