{"id":546,"date":"2023-06-13T11:50:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T06:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=546"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:10:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:40:39","slug":"q-which-of-the-following-best-describes-describe-the-aim-of-green-india-mission-of-the-government-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-which-of-the-following-best-describes-describe-the-aim-of-green-india-mission-of-the-government-of-india","title":{"rendered":"Q. Which of the following best describes\/describe the aim of \u2018Green India Mission\u2019 of the Government of India?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Incorporating environmental benefits and costs into the Union and State Budgets thereby implementing the \u2018green accounting\u2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Launching the second green revolution to enhance agricultural output so as to ensure food security to one and all in the future<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Restoring and enhancing forest cover and responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Select the correct answer using the code given below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (c) 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Green India Mission<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was&nbsp;<strong>launched in 2014<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is&nbsp;<strong>one of the eight missions&nbsp;<\/strong>under the&nbsp;National Action Plan on Climate Change&nbsp;<strong>(NAPCC).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Its objective&nbsp;is to respond to&nbsp;<strong>climate change<\/strong>&nbsp;by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>It&nbsp;is aimed at protecting, restoring, and enhancing&nbsp;India\u2019s&nbsp;diminishing forest cover.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Its one of the main objectives is to&nbsp;<strong>enhance annual CO<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;sequestration by 50-60 million tonnes by 2020<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Objectives of Green India Mission (GIM)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Growth in&nbsp;<strong>forest or tree cover to 5 million hectares<\/strong>&nbsp;(mha) and increase the quality of forest cover in another&nbsp;<strong>5 million hectares of forest or non-forest lands<\/strong>. There are separate sub-targets for a variety of forests and their ecosystems namely, grassland, dense forest, wetland etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase the quality of degrading&nbsp;<strong>moderately dense forests \u2013 1.5 million hectares&nbsp;<\/strong>(ha).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ecologically restore open forests which are being&nbsp;<strong>degraded \u2013 3 million hectares<\/strong>&nbsp;(ha)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Grasslands revival \u2013 0.4 million hectares<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wetlands revival \u2013 0.10 million hectares<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ecological restoration of&nbsp;<strong>shifting cultivation areas, mangroves, scrub, ravines, cold deserts, &amp; abandoned mining areas<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<strong>1.8 million hectares<\/strong>&nbsp;with different sub-targets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase in<strong>&nbsp;forest cover in urban areas&nbsp;<\/strong>and its outskirts \u2013 0.20 million hectares.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase in&nbsp;<strong>forest and tree cover on marginal agricultural lands\/fallows and other non-forest lands which comes under agroforestry<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 3 million hectares.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase&nbsp;<strong>forest-based livelihood income for about 3 million households<\/strong>&nbsp;in and around these forest areas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase&nbsp;<strong>Carbon Dioxide sequestration<\/strong>&nbsp;to a range of&nbsp;<strong>50 to 60 million tonnes by 2020.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_2df44b-1a .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_2df44b-1a .kt-divider{border-top-width:2px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_2df44b-1a\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below. 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