PITTS INDIA ACT OF 1784

 PITT'S INDIA ACT OF 1784

The Act was named after then the Prime Minister of Britain, William Pitt

Important Features of Pitt's India Act 1784

• The Act divided the Company's Power in Commercial and Political functions
• A new body was created to deal with Political affairs of the Company was Board of Control. Also it allowed the Court of Directors to Manage the commercial affairs.
• The Company's territories were now called British possessions in India.
• The British Government was given dominate over  company's affairs and administration in India.
• The Governor General's Council was reduced to 3 members.

ACT OF 1786

Lord Cornwallis became to the Governor General of Bengal in 1786 and demanded

• He wanted power to override the decision of his council in some cases.
• He would play the role of Commander-in-chief. 

THE REGULATING ACT 1773

THE REGULATING ACT 1773

It was the 1st Act passed by the British Parliament to control the East India Company's territories in India.

The Act was passed in June 1773.

It was the 1st Act to regulate the East India Company by British Governement.

Features of Regulating Act 1773

• It made the governors of Bombay and Madras subordinate to the governor of Bengal.
• It changed the designation of Governor of Bengal to Governor General of Bengal and formed a executive council of four members.
• It established  the Supreme Court at Calcutta in 1774. Lord Impley was the 1st Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Calcutta
• It banned the servants of the company from any private trade and accepting gifts and bribes from any Natives.
• The Court of Directors controlled the Company's affairs of revenue, Civil and military in India

Amendment of Regulating Act 1773 

Act of Settlement 1781

• The Act exempted the Governor General of the Council from the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court from their official order.
• The Act provides Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court over inhabitants of Calcutta.
• It designated the Governor General of Bengal and his Council to frame regulations for the provincial courts.

THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA

 THE PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA

The Prime Minister of India is a De-facto-executive ( real head of executive) head of the country. The post of Prime Minister in our constitution is adopted from the constitution of Britain. After Every general election of Lok Sabha, the Post of Prime Minster is created. He can be the member of either house LOKSABHA or RAJYA SABHA. He is appointed by the President of India. But the President does not appoint a person of his interest. The leader of largest effective majority party (perform in General Election of LOKSABHA) is appointed as the PRIME MINISTER.

A person can be appointed as the Prime Minister of India even if he is not a member of any house of the Parliament. But he can retain the PM for maximum 6 months. Within 6 months he must get the membership of any house of the Parliament.

Article 75 expresses that the Prime Minister is appointed by the President and the others ministers are also appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. The President appoints only that person as a minister which is recommended by the Prime Minister.

After appointment, The President administrates the Oath to him. The term of the PM is not fixed. He retains on the chair of the PM as long as he enjoys the majority support in the LokSabha.

When the resolution of NO CONFIDENCE MOTION passes against him, he must have to resign to his post. He can Resign his Post by submitting a resignation letter to President.

When he resigns to his Post the entire council of ministers automatically dissolve. 

The salary and allowances of the PM are decided by the Parliament from time to time.

Functions of Prime Minister  

The President appoints  that person as minister which is recommended by the Prime Minister.

He can reshuffles various Portfolios among ministers.

He can ask to any minister to resign

He introduces to the President all the decisions taken by the Council of Ministers

He is the Chairman of the NITI AAYOG, NATIONAL INTEGRATION COUNCIL, INTER STATE COUNCIL, NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES etc.

LIST OF PRIME MINISTERS OF INIDA

S NO	PRIME MINISTER	TENURE
1	P JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU	1947-64
2	GULZARI LAL NANDA	1964
3	LAL BHADUR SHASTRI	1964-66
4	GULZARI LAL NANDA	1966
5	INDRA GANDHI	1966-77
6	MORARJI DESAI	1977-79
7	CHARAN SINGH	1979-80
8	INDRA GANDHI	1980-84
9	RAJIV GANDHI	1984-89
10	VP SINGH	1989-90
11	CHANDRA SHEKHAR	1990-91
12	PV NARSIMHA RAO	1991-96
13	ATAL BIHARI VAJPYEE	1996
14	HD DEVE GOWDA	1996-97
15	INDER KUMAR GUJRAL	1997-98
16	ATAL BIHARI VAJPYEE	1998-2004
17	Dr MANMOHAN SINGH	2004-14
18	NARENDER MODI	2014-till

 

FORESTS COVER OF PUNJAB 2021

 FOREST SURVEY OF INDIA 2021

The India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021

The ISFR is the 17th biennial Report of India's Forests by the Forest Survey of India under the Ministry of Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC).

PUNJAB

Total area of PUNJAB : 50362 km square

Geographical Location  : 29°33' north to 32°32' North

                                      : 73°53' East to 76°56' East

Average Population Density 551 per square km

FORESTS COVER OF PUNJAB 2021

CLASS	AREA	% OF GA
VDF	11	0.02
MDF	793	1.58
OF	1043	2.07
TOTAL	1847	3.67
SCRUB	34	0.07

 

FOREST COVER OF PUNJAB 2019

CLASS	AREA
VDF	11
MDF	793
OF	1043
TOTAL	1847
SCRUB	34

VDF : VERY DENSE FOREST

MDF : MODERATE DENSE FOREST

OF : OPEN FOREST

GA : GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

AREA IN SQUARE KM

TREE COVER IN PUNJAB

Tree cover is defined as all tree patches of size less than 1ha occurring  the recorded forest Area. Tree cover includes trees in all formations including scattered trees. 

2019 assessment	2021 assessment	Change wrt 2019 assessment
1591	1138	-454

FOREST SURVEY OF PUNJAB 2021

FORESTS	TREES	TOTAL AREA
1847	1138	2985

TOP THREE DISTRICTS BY MOST FOREST COVER AREA 

HOSHIARPUR ⫸ ROPAR  ⫸ GURDASPUR

BOTTOM THREE DISTRICTS BY LEAST FOREST COVER AREA

FATEHGARH SAHIB , BARNALA  , MOGA

PERCENTAGE WISE TOP 3 MOST FOREST COVER AREA DISTRICTS

HOSHIARPUR  ⫸ ROPAR  ⫸ MOHALI

PERCENTAGE WISE BOTTOM 3 LEAST FOREST COVER AREA DISTRICTS

FATEHGARH SAHIB  , MOGA  , JALANDHAR

THE BHAKRA DAM

 THE BHAKRA DAM

The Dam is constructed on the Satluj river in Bhakra village, Bilaspur district Himachal Pradesh. The Dam is height of 226 metres. The reservoir, just behind the dam to store the water is Gobind Sagar Reservoir. It is third largest reservoir of India. The 1st Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru called it is "New Temple of resurgent India". 

Construction of the Dam is started in 1948 and completed in 1963.  The Dam is also a Hydropower Plant generator which gernates 1325 MV of power. The power is distributed among Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan.

The Dam is Managed by the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB). It was constituted in 1966 for administration and maintence of the Dam.

COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION RESERVES IN PUNJAB

  COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION RESERVE IN PUNJAB

PIC credited to IAS EASY

CONSERVATION RESERVES IN PUNJAB 

1 RAKH SARAI AMANT KHAN CONSERVATION RESERVE 

◾Notified in 2010 

◾In TARNTARAN District 

2. Ropar Wetland Conservation Reserve 

3. Ranjit Sagar Dam Conservation Reserve : Pathankot 

4.Beas River Conservation Reserve 

COMMUNITIES RESERVE IN PUNJAB 

1 LALWAN COMMUNITY RESERVE : Hoshiarpur 

2. KESHOPUR CHHAMB COMMUNITY RESERVE : Gurdaspur 

◾1st Community reserve of India 

3. Panniwala-Gumjal-Haripura-Diwankhera Community Reserve:Fazilka 

4. Siswan Community Reserve :SAS (MOHALI)

Sources 👇

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS AND WILDLIFE PRESERVATION PUNJAB

ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA QUIZ