Social Forestry Programme was adopted in India during
A
1961
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B
1971
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C
1976
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D
1986
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Solution
The correct option is A 1961 Social Forestry Programme was adopted in India during 1961. It is concerned with taking the pressure off currently existing forests by planting trees on all unused and fallow land. It aims at management and protection of forests and afforestation on barren lands with the purpose of helping in the environmental, social and rural development.