{"id":340984,"date":"2025-06-20T17:35:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T12:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=340984"},"modified":"2025-06-20T17:35:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T12:05:55","slug":"revised-green-india-mission-gim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/revised-green-india-mission-gim\/","title":{"rendered":"Revised Green India Mission (GIM)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Central Government has released a revised roadmap for the National Mission for Green India, also known as the Green India Mission (GIM) on June 17.<\/p>\n<h2>About Green India Mission (GIM)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_340990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-340990\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-340990\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-MoEFCC-2.png?resize=375%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-MoEFCC-2.png?resize=300%2C159&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-MoEFCC-2.png?w=456&amp;ssl=1 456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-340990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; MoEFCC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It was rolled out in <strong>2014<\/strong> as one of the <strong>eight missions<\/strong> under <strong>India\u2019s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nodal Ministry:<\/strong>\u00a0Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&amp;CC)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> Its core aim is to <strong>combat climate change<\/strong> by increasing <strong>forest and tree cover<\/strong>, and the <strong>ecological restoration<\/strong> of degraded ecosystems and forests.\n<ul>\n<li>It also aims to <strong>improve the livelihoods of communities<\/strong> dependent on forest produce.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective:<\/strong> Its objective was to <strong>increase forest and tree cover on 5 million hectares<\/strong> and improve the <strong>quality of forest cover on another 5 million<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Revised Green India Mission (GIM)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It will take \u2018<strong>micro-ecosystem\u2019 approach<\/strong> in area and <strong>landscape-specific restoration activities<\/strong> in three important mountain ranges \u2013 the <strong>Aravallis, the Western Ghats, and the Indian Himalayas<\/strong>, along with the <strong>mangrove ecosystems<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>The original GIM was criticised for taking a <strong>plantation-centred approach<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Syncing of different projects:<\/strong> GIM interventions will be synced with the Centre\u2019s other environmental projects such as, recently launched <strong>Aravalli Green Wall project,<\/strong> aimed at combating the degradation and desertification in the mountain ranges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Restoration<\/strong> will be carried out through the <strong>recovery of open forests, agroforestry, and plantation <\/strong>on degraded lands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Commitments and Projections of revised plan<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Commitments<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>According to the <strong>ISRO\u2019s Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas<\/strong>, around a <strong>third of India\u2019s<\/strong> geographical area \u2013 97.85 million hectares \u2013 underwent <strong>land degradation<\/strong> during 2018-19.<\/li>\n<li>India aims to create an <strong>additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes<\/strong> of carbon dioxide through <strong>additional forest and tree cover<\/strong> by 2030, according to its national commitments to <strong>UNFCCC<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>India has also made an ambitious commitment to <strong>restore 26 million hectares of degraded land<\/strong> by 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Projections<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>According to the FSI, this approach alone has the <strong>potential to sequester 1.89 billion tonnes of CO2<\/strong> over approximately 15 million hectares.<\/li>\n<li>It estimates that <strong>by aligning ongoing schemes and intensifying afforestation<\/strong> efforts, GIM can help India <strong>expand its forest and tree cover up to 24.7 million hectares.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This would be enough to <strong>achieve a carbon sink of 3.39 billion tonnes<\/strong> of CO2 equivalent by 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Central Government has released a revised roadmap for the National Mission for Green India, also known as the Green India Mission (GIM) on June 17. About Green India Mission (GIM) It was rolled out in 2014 as one of the eight missions under India\u2019s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). 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