Uttarakhand
Wildlife Week 2021
- 04 Oct 2021
- 1 min read
Why in News
- On October 1, 2021, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami launched Wildlife Week 2021 at Malsi Deer Park, Dehradun. It will be held till October 17, 2021.
Key Points
- On this occasion, the Chief Minister announced that all children up to the age of 18 years across the country would be given free entry in the Tiger Reserves, National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Conservation Reserves, Zoos, Nature Parks of Uttarakhand. This will help in connecting about 45 crore young students of the country with tourism.
- The Chief Minister announced that the CM Young Ecopreneur Scheme would be started to connect the local people of Uttarakhand with the economy of forests and wildlife. Under this scheme, 1 lakh youth will be made Ecopreneur.
- Under the CM Young Ecopreneur scheme, skill based nature guides, drone pilots, wildlife photographers, ecotourism, wildlife tourism will be converted into enterprises.
