FM announces MISTHI scheme in Union Budget for mangrove plantations

FM announces MISTHI scheme in Union Budget for mangrove plantations

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Category : National Published on: February 04 2023

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  • Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech launched various schemes and policies aimed at ecological conservation.
  • The newly introduced schemes are MISHTI, Amrit Dharohar and PM PRANAM.
  • This is a new scheme which will facilitate mangrove plantation on salt lands along the sea coast of India.
  • The scheme will operate through “convergence between MGNREGS, Campa Fund and other sources”.
  • It aims at intensive afforestation of coastal mangrove forests.
  • There are such forests on both the east and west coasts of India, with the Sundarbans in Bengal being one of the largest mangrove forests.
  • PM PRANAM means (Prime Minister Programme for Restoration, Awareness, Nourishment and Amelioration of Mother Earth).
  • The program will endeavour to encourage States and Union Territories promoting balanced use of alternative fertilisers and chemical fertilisers.
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