Previous Year Question
Which of the following best describes/describe the aim of ‘Green India Mission’ of the Government of India?
Incorporating environmental benefits and costs into the Union and State Budgets thereby implementing the ‘green accounting’
Launching the second green revolution to enhance agricultural output so as to ensure food security to one and all in the future
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:
1 only
2 and 3
3 only
1, 2 and 3
Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution
The formal name of the Green India Mission is the ‘National Mission for a Green India’.
It is one of the eight national missions identified under the National Action Plan on Climate Change.
The mission is concerned with protecting, restoring and enhancing India’s forest and tree cover.
Its objective is not merely to expand forest area but also to improve the quality of existing forests.
The mission emphasises increasing forest and tree cover and improving the ecological quality of degraded forest areas.
It gives importance to the improvement of open forests, degraded forests, grasslands, wetlands and other ecosystems.
Forests contribute to climate-change mitigation by absorbing and storing carbon dioxide.
Healthy forests assist in water conservation, soil conservation, biodiversity conservation and adaptation against climate-related risks.
Therefore, the mission jointly adopts both adaptation and mitigation measures in response to climate change.
The mission also emphasises improving the livelihoods of forest-dependent communities and ecosystem services.
Therefore, Statement 3 correctly describes the objective of the Green India Mission.
Incorporating environmental benefits and costs into the Union and State Budgets is part of the broader concept of ‘green accounting’.
It is not a specific objective of the Green India Mission; therefore, Statement 1 is incorrect.
The second green revolution is related to agricultural production and food security, not to the core objective of the Green India Mission.
Therefore, Statement 2 is incorrect and only Statement 3 is correct.