Chhattisgarh

• 06 Apr 2022

Hariyali Prasar Yojana

Why in News?

On April 5, 2022, Rakesh Chaturvedi, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief of Forest Force of Chhattisgarh informed that 83 lakh 31 thousand Planting has been done in three years (2019, 2020 and 2021) under the 'Hariyali Prasar' scheme run by the Forest and Climate Change Department.

Key Points

• Under Hariyali Prasar Yojana, one thousand 600 hectare area in the year 2019-20, 3 thousand hectare area in 2020-21 and 2 thousand 800 hectare area (total 7 thousand 400 hectare area) in 2021-22 was covered with greenery.
• Under this scheme, 18 lakh 56 thousand saplings have been planted in the year 2019-20, 33 lakh 80 thousand saplings in the year 2020-21 and 30 lakh 95 thousand saplings in the year 2021-22.
• Under Hariyali Prasar Yojana, 10 thousand 497 beneficiaries have been benefited in the year 2019-20, 20 thousand 16 beneficiaries in the year 2020-21 and 13 thousand 651 in the year 2021-22.
• Under this scheme, plantation of plants of teak, bamboo, khamhar, amla, rosewood, sandalwood, milia-dubia, clonal Nilgiri, tissue culture bamboo, tissue culture teak, mango, jackfruit, munga, cilantro and other species are included.
• It is noteworthy that under the Hariyali Prasar Yojana, 50 to 5 thousand saplings are provided per beneficiary by the Forest and Climate Change Department to encourage agro-forestry on the farmers' own land and to increase the greenery and for their maintenance. Partial amount is also made available in the form. With this, farmers will be able to earn a profit of about 30 thousand rupees per acre per year.