Farmers in India have sown Kharif crops across 575.13 lakh hectares so far this year, as against 521.25 lakh hectares in the same period of last year, according to the latest data from the Agriculture Ministry.
Madhya Pradesh's Indore has set a Guinness World Record by planting more than 12 lakh saplings within 24 hours, Nishchal Barot, Guinness World Record Consultant, said on Sunday.
"When PM Modi began 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' campaign, nobody knew that it would become a revolution. Now everyone is planting a sapling and greeting both their mothers and Mother Earth simultaneously," Shah said.
Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj planted a sapling as part of a plantation drive in the national capital on Friday and urged everyone to plant as many trees as possible to protect the environment.
According to an official release, around 1.25 lakhs saplings were planted simultaneously by the police units across the state. CM Yadav inaugurated the state level program by planting a Rudraksha tree here in the state capital.
After planting the sapling, CM Yadav visited the Gaushala and performed puja of a Guamata (cow) on the occasion. He also fed animal fodder to the little calves and pampered them.
Kerala climate activist, Kallur Balan, popularly known as 'green man', for planting and nurturing lakhs of trees along the roadsides has taken up another mission of providing food and water to wild animals and birds.
The G20 Global Land Initiative (G20 GLI) at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), in collaboration with the Heartfulness Institute, successfully concluded the 'Youth Acts - Planting for a Sustainable Future' event at Kanha Shanti Vanam, the global headquarters of t
On the occasion of the 51st birthday of Samajwadi Party Chief and MP Akhilesh Yadav, party workers and supporters planted saplings named as Pichhadha, Dalit, Alpsankhyak (PDA) saplings referring to the upliftment for backward, Dalit and minorities. They celebrated and danced outside the Sama
Nepal marked Ropain Diwas or "Ashar Pandhra (15)" all across the nation on Saturday, planting paddy saplings on the terraced farms, celebrating the rice and rituals which have been followed for ages.