PM Inaugurates Gobar-Dhan Plant in Indore
Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a 550-tonne capacity "Gobar-Dhan (Bio-CNG) Plant" in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
Highlights
- Through video conferencing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a 550-tonne capacity "Gobar-Dhan (Bio-CNG) Plant" in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
- This is the most critical Bio-CNG plant in Asia. It`s been found out for Rs 150 crore.
- The gobardhan plant is predicated on the concept of waste-to-wealth innovation.
- Wet urban household waste and waste from cattle and farm is Gobar Dhan.
- Lakhs of tonnes of garbage have occupied thousands of acres of land for many years across the country, causing air and pollution, the main reason behind the spread of diseases.
- The plant is predicated on zero-landfill models, which suggests no rejects would be generated.
Benefits of the plants
- Reduction in greenhouse emissions, providing green energy, and organic compost as fertilizer.
- The Indore Gober Dhan Bio CNG plant will produce around 17,000 kg per day of CNG and 100 tonnes per day of organic compost.
- It is proposed that such Gober Dhan Bio CNG plants will be established in 75 big Municipal bodies in the coming two years.
### The Supreme Court has ruled on a Gender cap in Orchestras.
The Government of Maharashtra had placed a restriction limiting the amount of female and male performers in orchestra bars to four each, but the Supreme Court (SC) overturned it.
Highlights:
- The SC said the limit of performers shouldn`t exceed the amount of 8, but there shouldn`t be any restriction on gender composition.
- The bench that passed the order consists of Justice S. Ravindra Bhat and Justice K.M. Joseph.
- The SC said that this gender cap breaks the performers` fundamental rights also as those of the license owners under Article 19 (1) (g) and Article 15 (1) of the Indian Constitution.
- Orchestra performances are a standard feature that a license has to be procured, namely the Premises and Performance licenses under the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951`s Licensing and Performance for Public Amusement, including Melas Cabaret Performance, and Tamashas Rule, 1960.
Conditions Challenged
- The Commissioner of Police, Brihan Mumbai, added several conditions to the prevailing ones.
- On the opposite hand, the appellant challenged two significant conditions that contributed to the gender difference.
- Only four female singers/artists and 4 male singers/artists are permitted to stay on the permitted stage by the licensee.
- Only eight musicians are allowed to stay on the stage at any given time (four male and 4 women).
- The supreme court had dismissed the appeal to the Commissioner of Police`s conditions, ruling that the proper to impose them was obtained from the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951, and therefore the rules framed thereunder. Later, these conditions were overturned by the Supreme Court.
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