Which of the following best describes/describe the aim of 'Green India Mission' of the Government of India? 1. Incorporating environmental benefits and costs into the Union and State Budgets thereby implementing the 'green accounting' 2. Launching the second green revolution to enhance agricultural output so as to ensure food security to one and all in the future 3. Restoring and enhancing forest cover and responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- A.1 only
- B.2 and 3 only
- C.3 only
- D.1, 2 and 3
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, 3 only. The Green India Mission aims to protect, restore and enhance India's forest cover and to respond to climate change through both adaptation and mitigation.
The National Mission for a Green India is one of the eight missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change, released in 2008. It treats forests as a tool against climate change: more and better forests store carbon, which is mitigation, and they also protect water, soil and the livelihoods of forest-dependent people, which is adaptation. Its targets include raising forest and tree cover on 5 million hectares and improving the quality of forests on another 5 million hectares, with gram sabhas and joint forest management committees taking part.
A is wrong: green accounting in budgets is not the aim of this mission.
B is wrong: farm output and food security belong to agriculture missions, not to the Green India Mission.
D is wrong: statements 1 and 2 are both false.
Exam tip: Green India Mission = forests + climate change, one of the 8 NAPCC missions (2008).
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- B.The Rules are applicable to notified urban local bodies, notified towns and all industrial townships only.
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- A.1 only
- B.2 only
- C.Both 1 and 2
- D.Neither 1 nor 2
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