Current Programmes

.5 Status of Environment Reporting Project for Punjab & Chandigarh

PSCST had published a comprehensive Status of Environment Report in 1995. Some other states in the country had also published their SoEs. However, this exercise has been taken up on a sporadic basis only. To streamline and systematize the SoE reporting system in India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India initiated a Project on State of Environment (SoE) Reporting during the 10th plan period to bring out State of Environment Reports of all states/U.T of the country on a regular basis. The Punjab State Council for Science and Technology (PSCST) has been identified as State Host Institute (SHI) for SoE, Punjab with The Energy Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi as the National Host Institute (NHI).

The council is responsible for

Under this project, PSCST had already published the following reports:

·          “State of Environment-Punjab, 2005” covering:

• -          Air

• -          Water

• -          Biodiversity

·          “State of Environment-Chandigarh, 2004” covering:

• -          Air,

• -          Noise

• -          Land use in Chandigarh region

·          “State of Environment -Punjab, 2007” covering 

• -          Agriculture & Environment

• -          Municipal Solid Waste

• -          Hazardous Waste

• -          Biomedical Waste

To download digital copies of reports & along with press coverage click below:

  SoE-Punjab 2005                    SoE -Punjab 2007                    SoE-Chd 2004

The reports are based on DPSIR Framework (Driving Forces-Pressures-State-Impact-Response). These try to highlight the driving forces which affect the environment, the pressures exerted due to development activities, its current status, impact on resources and human health and remedial action taken by govt., institutions & people at large. The reports have been prepared in consultation with various line departments of Punjab and Chandigarh,

 Environmental Indicators for Punjab

                As a part of State of Environment Project, PSCST also brought out a report on ‘Environmental Indicators for Punjab’.  Environment indicators are cost effective and valuable tools for the measurement of environment performance & help in reporting progress towards sustainable development. This publication is based on existing data as analyzed in State of Environment, 2005 i.e. Air, Water & Biodiversity.

 The report suggests the following major indicators:

              Air

• Air Quality Index

•  Exceedence Index

            Water

• Water Stress Index

•  Water Quality Index

•  Change in Water Quality of rivers

•  Water availability vs demand

            Biodiversity

• Number of threatened species

•  Area under Protected Area Network (Biodiversity in the wild)

•  Change in area under various crops (Biodiversity in agriculture)

 To download Digital copy  of click here      Download

Contact persons :

Dr. Neelima Jerath (Additional Director), neelimajerath@pscst.com
Mr. Gurharminder Singh  (Scientist),  gsmand@pscst.com
Phone: 0172-2792325, 2793300, 2793600, 2793141; Fax: 0172-2793143