Reports and Documents

The Rajya Sabha passed a bill seeking to provide better healthcare for people suffering from mental illnesses as members across the political spectrum sought urgent steps to address the lack of infrastructure and shortage of psychiatrists in the country.

More than 200 million people living in dryland regions of Sub-Saharan Africa make their living from agriculture. Most are exposed to weather shocks, especially drought, that can decimate their incomes, destroy their assets, and plunge them into a poverty trap from which it is difficult to emerge.

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Eco-sensitive zones near sanctuaries and national parks, 08/08/2016.

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Menace of Plastic Wastes and Hazardous Chemicals, 08/08/2016. Central Pollution Control Board has estimated that 5.6 million tons of plastic waste per annum is generated in the country.

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Funds for disposal and recycling of e-wastes, 08/08/2016. Based on a survey carried out by the Central Pollution Control Board in 2005, the generation of e-waste in the country was assessed at 1.46 lakh ton and was estimated to exceed 8 lakh ton by 2012.

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Forest Right Titles, 08/08/2016. As per the information received from various State Governments upto 31st May, 2016, a total of 17,46,338 titles have been distributed. Details of implementation status of Forest Rights Act, 2006 are at Annexure-1.

Audit Report No.21 of 2016 of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG) is on the audit of Crude Oil Production Measurement and Reporting System in ONGC. Following a report on over-reporting of crude oil production in Ankleshwar Asset, an audit of the crude oil measurement and reporting system across Assets of ONGC was taken up.

The Standing Committee on Energy present this Twenty-first Report on the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Thirteenth Report of the Standing Committee on Energy on 'Development and Status of Small Hydro Sector'.

The Standing Committee on Energy present this Twentieth Report on ‘Power Generation From Municipal Solid Waste' relating to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

Ministry of New & Renewable Energy releases the Policy for Repowering of the Wind Power Projects for information of the stakeholders and general public. Objective of the Repowering Policy is to promote optimum utilisation of wind energy resources by creating facilitative framework for repowering.