Green India Mission Himalayan Plantation Drive

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The Green India Mission (GIM) is a pan-India plantation drive approved by the Centre to reinforce Himalayan landscapes across 12 states. The mission aims to combat landslides, erosion, biodiversity loss, and climate vulnerability by restoring eroded hillsides, preventing soil degradation, and building a sustainable green buffer. It includes interventions such as slope re-vegetation, gully plugging, contour trenches, drainage-line treatment, natural regeneration, agro-forestry, and mixed plantations guided by land-use assessments. The mission targets landslide- and flood-prone zones in Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, and West Bengal.