In which year was the 'Green Good Deeds' initiative launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) of the Government of India to protect the environment and promote good living in the country?
2018
'Green Good Deeds' is a social movement started by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to make protecting nature a part of everyday life. It asks citizens and institutions to perform small, positive actions such as saving water, using public transport and planting trees.
Step 1 — The nationwide campaign was launched in early 2018 by Dr Harsh Vardhan, who was the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change at that time. The ministry listed about 500 such deeds for people to adopt.
Step 2 — Later in 2018 the idea was taken to the BRICS environment ministers' meeting, which agreed to include Green Good Deeds in its agenda.
Step 3 — 2017 is before the launch, while 2019 and 2020 came after it, so none of them is the year the initiative began.
2018 option is correct.
Important Questions from Environment
How many Ramsar conservation have been enlisted from India so far? (as of 2019)
Which of the following statement is correct?
I. Converting kitchen waste into compost through worms or red earthworms is called vermicomposting.
II. It is not possible to convert plastics into less harmful substances by composting.
Where have a team of scientists from Delhi University and the Wildlife Institute of India discovered a new species of ‘paddy frog’ in June 2019?
Which of the following statement is correct?
I. CO 2is not a greenhouse gas.
II. Clean and drinkable water is called drinking water.
Which of the following is correct regarding mesosphere?
I. This is the third layer of the atmosphere.
II. Meteorites burn up in this layer on entering from the space.
