National Mission for a Green India (GIM)

National Mission for a Green India (GIM) was launched in 2019 and is one of the eight Missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change. True or False?

Answer: False.

Solution: National Mission for a Green India (GIM) was launched in 2014, It is one of the eight Missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change.

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About National Mission for a Green India (GIM):

• National Mission for a Green India (GIM) is one of the 8 Missions under the National Action Plan on Climate Change.
• It aims to Preserve, restore, and enhance India’s forest cover and respond to Climate Change.
• It was launched in 2014, and GIM activities were started in the Financial Year 2015-16.
• Target: 10 m ha on forest and non-forest lands for increasing the forest/tree cover and to improve the quality of existing forest.
• Combination of adaptation and mitigation measures would help in:
  • Enhancing carbon sinks in sustainably managed forests and other ecosystems;
  • Adaptation of vulnerable species/ecosystems to the changing climate; and
  • Adaptation of forest-dependent local communities in the face of climatic variability.

Eight missions of National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC):

• National Solar Mission
• National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
• National Mission on Sustainable Habitat
• National Water Mission
• National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem
• National Mission for a Green India
• National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture

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