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India is overachieving its voluntary target of emission reduction, Environ
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 27 (ANI): India is taking ambitious actions in energy efficiency measures, biofuels, sustainable transport, e-vehicles, enhancing green cover and sustainable agriculture, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, said during a virtual hig
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J-K: Rajouri forest division undertakes tree plantation on war-footing
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 4 (ANI): Rajouri forest division of the Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department has been working on a war footing to increase the green cover in the region under the central government's Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Author
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KVIC launches initiative to develop green cover in Leh-Ladakh
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Leh (Ladakh) [India], August 18 (ANI): In a historic move, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on Wednesday launched the first-ever initiative to develop green cover over barren lands in the Himalayan terrains of Leh-Ladakh by planting bamboo saplings.
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Punjab IRS officer creates 100 micro forests to increase green cover
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], August 9 (ANI): An Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer in Punjab, Rohit Mehra has created 100 micro forests across the country to increase the green cover.
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Seeds wrapped in soil thrown in inaccessible areas to increase green cover
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Udhampur (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 2 (ANI): How do you plant saplings in inaccessible hilly areas for increasing the green cover? The forest department has a solution called seed balls that it is using in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district: It wraps seeds in soil balls and throw
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Odisha: 72-year-old Tree Teacher plants more than 30,000 trees over 60 yea
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Nayagarh (Odisha) [India], June 28 (ANI): At a time when the world is witnessing the horrors of nature due to climate change and its over-exploitation by humans, a 72-year-old man in Odisha has dedicated his life to planting trees and increasing the green cover of the state.
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PM Modi lauds MP Santosh Kumar for Green India Challenge initiative
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded Rajya Sabha MP Joginapally Santosh Kumar for initiating the Green India Challenge, an effort to increase the green cover across the country.
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Green cover on both sides of highways essential to curb vehicular polluti
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed that while granting environmental clearance, the Ministry of Environment must ensure that an effective monitoring mechanism exists to ensure compliance with requisite safeguards including the plantations on t
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Ludhiana IRS officer, a nature lover, increasing green cover using Ayurved
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], September 14 (ANI): An IRS officer in Ludhiana, who is also known as Green Man of India, has come up with a unique plan to save the environment and increase the green cover through his micro-forest initiative.
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With Mumbai's biodiversity and green spaces under threat, city's youth and
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): Ministry of Mumbai's Magic, a citizen's collective announced Biodiversity by The Bay Campaign, which aims to create a movement of young, progressive Mumbaikars who lead an inclusive and an active climate debate, to safeguard the biodi
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Naveen Patnaik plans to increase green cover under 'Sabuja Odisha' over 1.
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 30 (ANI): Odisha Government on Monday planned to implement a new initiative 'Sabuja Odisha' to increase green cover through extensive plantation over 1,30,264 Hectares of land.
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Go Green: Telangana govt to develop tree park in every municipality
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 13 (ANI): Minister for Municipal Administration (MA) in Telangana, KT Rama Rao on Saturday said that the state government is planning to develop an exclusive tree park in every municipality and municipal corporation in the state.
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