| 1. Incorporating environmental benefits and costs into the Union and State Budgets there by 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 responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures |
A) Only 1
B) Only 2 and 3
C) Only 3
D) Only 1, 2 and 3
Correct Answer: C
Solution :
The National Mission for Green India (GIM) is one of the eight Missions outlined under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). It aims at protecting; restoring and enhancing India's diminishing forest cover and responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures. It envisages a holistic view of greening and focuses on multiple ecosystem services, especially, biodiversity, water, biomass, preserving mangroves, wetlands, critical habitats etc. along with carbon sequestration as a co-benefit. This mission has adopted an integrated cross-sectoral approach as it will be implemented on both public as well as private lands with a key role of the local communities in planning, decision making, implementation and monitoring.
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