Mission Goals
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.
Sub-Missions
The following five submissions, integrating adaptation/mitigation measures and one intervention under the National Mission for a Green India are given below:
- SM-1: Enhancing quality of forest cover and improving ecosystem services
- SM-2: Ecosystem restoration and increase in forest cover
- SM-3: Enhancing tree cover in Urban & Peri-urban areas (including institutional lands)
- SM-4: Agro-Forestry and Social Forestry (increasing biomass & creating carbon sink)
- Restoration of Wetlands
- Intervention: Promoting alternative fuel energy and livelihood support to households (biogas, solar devices, LPG, biomass-based systems, improved stoves)