Writeup AP 2011-12 - Punjab State Planning Board

State, improvement in soil fertility, rational use of water through drip irrigation, resulting in
recharging of ground water.
2.1.33 The Council for Citrus Agro Juicing Punjab acquired 4266 acre of land on
lease, out of which 3415.89 acres of land has been planted. Balance of 851.20 acres of land
has been returned to farmers as per decision of the state government. An outlay of
Rs.995.00 lac was provided in the Annual Plan 2009-10 to support the Council financially.
The same was given to the Council as Grant-in-aid during 2009-10 and was fully utilized.
Against an expenditure of Rs.300.00 lac incurred during 2010-11, a token provision of
Rs.1.00 lac is provided for the year 2011-12.
AGR-17 Strengthening of Infrastructure of Punjab Remote Sensing Centre
Outlay – NIL
2.1.34 Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC) was established in 1987 and is
registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act – 1860. The wasteland and land
degradation maps prepared by the Centre under National Mission Project will be made
available to State Agriculture & Soil Conservation Departments for preparing
management/reclamation plans for various categories of degraded/waste lands. The Punjab
Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC), Ludhiana shall be undertaking 1:10,000 scale mapping
using Orthorectified Cartosat-1 PAN (2.5 metres spatial resolution) and IRS LISS-IV MX
merged satellite data for creating digital data base at village level under the Department of
Space (DOS) sponsored project “Space Based Information Support for Decentralized
Planning” (SIS-DP). The village level data base created will help the Govt. in
implementation of e-Gram Centres and decentralized planning. The Centre has created digital
data base of the canals and drains in the state which can be made available to State Irrigation
and Drainage departments.
2.1.35 Keeping in view the capabilities and facilities of the Centre, more and more
departments of the State are approaching PRSC for mapping, creation of digital data base and
analysis using Remote Sensing and GIS. However, with the passage of time, the facilities
available with PRSC are getting obsolete and need strengthening. An outlay of Rs.34.00 lac
had been provided as one time to upgrade the infrastructure through procurement of arc
server (1 No.) and AO size plotters (2 Nos.), repair of roads (approach and campus roads),
installation of sound and address system, wood paneling in the auditorium and installation of
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