Q: Which of the following best describes/ describe the aim of ‘Green India Mission’ of the Government of India?
a) Incorporating environment al benefits and costs into the Union and State Budgets thereby implementing the `green accounting’
b) Launching the second green revolution to enhance agricultural output so as to ensure food security to one and all in the future
c) Restoring and enhancing forest cover and responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures
The correct answer is 3 only.
Green India Mission:
- It was released in 2014.
- It falls under one of the National Action Plan on Climate Change’s eight missions (NAPCC).
- Its goal is to combat climate change by utilising both adaptation and mitigation strategies.
- It aims to preserve, improve, and expand India’s dwindling forest cover. Hence statement 3 is correct.
- One of its primary goals is to increase yearly CO2 sequestration by 50-60 million tonnes by 2020.
- Therefore, Statements 1 and 2 are irrelevant to the Green India mission.
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