Great initiative "The National Mission for a Green India" Ministry of Environment

The National Mission for a Green India (GIM)

 

 

Under the Ministry of Environment has approved annual plans for four states of the country. The National Executive Council (NEC) has given its nod to the Perspective Plans (PP) and Annual Plan of Operations (APOs) of Kerala, Mizoram, Manipur and Jhakhand.

The initiative includes the process of "enhancing the country's diminishing forest cover and responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures."

The Green India Mission will involve participation of non-government agencies and local organisations as well. The local organisations would take part in planning, decision making, implementation and monitoring the project. This will certainly help the project run smoothly and create job avenues for the local residents.

Here are some key facts about the Green India Mission:

• The Green India Mission aims to increase forest cover to 5 million hectares (mha)
• It also aims to preserve eco-logical services such as biodiversity, hydrological services, carbon appropriation and regulate the collection of forest items such as fuel, fodder, timber and other forest produces
• The initiative will also improve the livelihood of around 3 million households around the country
• The Green India Mission has been merged with the Union ministry's Mahatma Gandhi National   Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme that has taken up initiatives such as water harvesting, afforestation and farm forestry
• Future plans are being made to execute pre-plantation, pit digging, planting and watering, fencing, plant support and protection activities, weeding, mulching and fertilization.