Mukhyamantri Van Vistar Yojana

August 11, 2023

The Himachal Pradesh government has notified the Mukhyamantri Van Vistar Yojana that aims to expand the green cover of the state through integrated site-specific afforestation by including 250 hectares of the barren areas under plantation in various hills and mountains in the first phase during the financial year 2023-24.
For this purpose, a task force has also been notified with principal chief conservator of forest as the team leader.
The scheme has objectives
- to prevent soil erosion, excessive runoff on degraded and refractory hill slopes, and
- provide forest ecosystem and livelihood opportunity to the local population in those areas which are devoid of forest cover in vicinity.