A farmer standing in his cauliflower field at dusk
People crossing the Howrah Bridge over the Hooghly river, Kolkata

Nagar Van Yojana

The scheme aims to develop 400 Nagar Vans and 200 Nagar Vatikas to create bio-diverse green spaces in urban areas. The scheme provides a grant of ₹4,00,000/- per hectare to Municipalities, Urban Local Bodies, and Institutions for afforestation and biodiversity conservation.

At a glance

What the myScheme listing says about Nagar Van Yojana
LevelCentral government
Issued byMinistry Of Environment,forests and climate change
States and UTsAll India
Areas
Scheme forInstitutions & infrastructure
TagsMunicipality, Institution, Forest, Grant, Environment, Plantation, Biodiversity

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