Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra Awards

Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra Awards or IPVM Awards are given by Ministry of Environment and Forests[1] of Government of India to individuals and institutions who have done pioneering and exemplary work in the field of afforestation and wasteland development.A cash award of Rupees Two lakh fifty thousand is presented to individuals/institutions in seven categories.But as per 2012 notification of Ministry of Environment and Forests Seven Categories are approved for IPVM Awards.As per the Press Information Bureau of Government of India the activities deciding the awards are establishing decentralized nurseries; tree planting on wastelands/farm land; awareness- raising, motivations and extension work; involving the rural poor/ tribal / cooperatives in Afforestation and tree planting; setting up grass-roots level institutions like the Tree Growers’ Cooperative; and social fencing of community woodlots and pasture lands.[2] GAURA DEVI (1925 - 1991) is the first recipient of Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra (IPVM) Award in 1986.
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