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Centre launches scheme for forest regeneration
Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI: The Union Environment and Forest Ministry has launched a new scheme for Accelerated Programme of Restoration and Regeneration of Forest Cover.
Announcing this here on Thursday, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said the scheme was announced in the Budget proposals for 2009-10 with an allocation of Rs.500 crore.
A meeting of the State Forests Ministers has also been convened on August 18 to discuss the scheme and its implementation.
Mr. Ramesh claimed that the scheme was the initiative of the Prime Minister who had expressed his desire to have a ‘green cover’ over all the schemes. The Budget allocation for Environment and Forests for 2009-10 is Rs.2,129 crore, an increase of Rs.422 crore compared to last year.
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