In India, the festival to save forest and plant new trees is known as ________.

World forest day.

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World environment day.

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World day to combat desertification and drought.

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Van Mahotsav.

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Solution

The correct option is D Van Mahotsav.
Van Mahotsav is a festival which was started by Kulapati Kanaiyalal Munshi Ji, the Union Minister for Agriculture to create enthusiasm among masses for forest conservation and planting trees. It is now a week-long festival.

'Van' means 'forest' and 'mahotsav' means 'festival' "Van Mahotsav" is an annual tree-planting movement in India which began in year 1950. The name Van Mahotsav means " FESTIVAL OF FORESTS ". It has gained significant national importance and every year, millions of saplings are planted across India in observation of Van Mahotsav week.

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