निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा/से भारत सरकार के ‘हरित भारत मिशन (Green India Mission)’ के उद्देश्य को सर्वोत्तम रूप से वर्णित करता है/करते हैं?
- 1.पर्यावरणीय लाभों एवं लागतों को केंद्र एवं राज्य के बजट में सम्मिलित करते हुए तद्द्वारा ‘हरित लेखाकरण (ग्रीन अकाउंटिंग)’ को अमल में लाना
- 2.कृषि उत्पाद के संवर्धन हेतु द्वितीय हरित क्रांति आरम्भ करना जिससे भविष्य में सभी के लिए खाद्य सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित हो
- 3.वन आच्छादन की पुनर्प्राप्ति और संवर्धन करना तथा अनुकूलन (अडैप्टेशन) एवं न्यूनीकरण (मिटिगेशन) के संयुक्त उपायों से जलवायु परिवर्तन का प्रत्युत्तर देना
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Which of the following best describes/describe the aim of 'Green India Mission' of the Government of India?
1. Incorporating environmental benefits and costs into the Union and State Budgets thereby 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 and responding to climate change by a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only · (b) 2 and 3 only · (c) 3 only · (d) 1, 2 and 3
उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English
Answer: (c) केवल 3
Launched under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (2008), which has eight missions, the Green India Mission is about forests: protect, restore and enhance India's forest and tree cover while helping the country both adapt to and mitigate climate change. It is neither a budget-accounting reform nor an agricultural programme.
- ✗ 1. Valuing environmental costs and benefits in national or State accounts is 'green accounting', a separate idea; it is not what the Green India Mission does.
- ✗ 2. Raising farm output is the domain of agriculture programmes (NAPCC's own farm mission is the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture), not of the Green India Mission.
- ✓ 3. GoI describes GIM as aiming to protect, restore and enhance India's diminishing forest cover and to respond to climate change through adaptation and mitigation; its goals include better forest/tree cover on 5 million ha and better quality on another 5 million ha.
Remember · Green India Mission (NAPCC mission): forest/tree cover up on 5 million ha, quality improved on another 5 million ha, more ecosystem services, forest-based livelihoods for 3 million households.
Sources
- Government of India: India's Fourth Biennial Update Report to the UNFCCC (2024) ↗ “The National Mission for Green India (GIM) is one of the eight Missions outlined under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).”
- Government of India: India's Long-Term Low-Carbon Development Strategy (2022) ↗ “The mission goals include: improve forest/tree cover by 5 million ha; improve quality of forest/tree cover by another 5 million ha; enhance ecosystem services including carbon sequestration”
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2016, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·