National Afforestation Programme (NAP), National Mission for a Green India (GIM), and Forest Fire Prevention & Management Scheme (FFPM) are the three major schemes for the development of forests in India
Green India Mission
- The aim of the Green India Mission is to improve the quality of the forest and increase the forest cover.
National Afforestation Programme
- Ecological restoration of degraded forests is one of the main objectives of the National Afforestation Programme.
- To develop the forest resources with peoples’ participation is the other objective of National Afforestation Programme.