• The National Mission for Green India is one of the eight missions outlined under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).

• This green initiative shall help in the following ways:

1. Achieving a Green Economy

2. Adopting a sustainable lifestyle to fight the challenges of climate change

3. Foster organic relationships between man and nature

4. Adopting the LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment) Initiative

• Current Initiatives towards building a Green Economy by the Govt. of India include:

1. Wildlife Preservation Initiatives such as the Cheetah relocation, Project Tiger, Project Elephant, Project Lion, and the Big Cat Alliance

2. Intensive Afforestation drives such as MISHTI (Mission Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats and Tangible Income) and the “Ek Ped Maa ke Naam” Initiative, which advocates planting a tree in honor of your mother and motherland, make tree plantation drives an even more sacred process.

3. International Solar Alliance

• The way forward for this initiative includes:

1. Demarcation of areas in Nagar Vans for plantation

2. Identification and distribution of seeds of Indigenous plant species area-wise across states and UTs.

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