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
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Answer: C. The Green India Mission is one of the eight missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (2008). It aims to protect, restore and enhance forest cover and respond to climate change through adaptation and mitigation. So only 3.
Watch for: 'Green' tempts students towards the green revolution or green accounting.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because green accounting in budgets is not the mission's aim.
- B. Wrong because it is a forest mission, not a second green revolution.
- D. Wrong because items 1 and 2 are not its aims.
Source to check: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, National Mission for a Green India, Mission Document (2014); National Action Plan on Climate Change (2008)
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