Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra Awards or IPVM Awards are given by Ministry of Environment and ForestsMinistry of Environment& Forests, Government of India of Government of India to individuals and institutions who have done pioneering and exemplary work in the field of afforestation and wasteland development. A cash award of Rupees Two lakh fifty thousand is presented to individuals/institutions in seven categories. It was instituted in 1986 and were given annually. Initially, IPVM awards were given in twelve categories till 2006. But as per 2012 notification of Ministry of Environment and Forests Seven Categories are approved for IPVM Awards.
Criteria As per the Press Information Bureau of Government of India the activities deciding the awards are establishing decentralized nurseries; tree planting on wastelands/farm land; awareness- raising, motivations and extension work; involving the rural poor/ tribal / cooperatives in Afforestation and tree planting; setting up grass-roots level institutions like the Tree Growers’ Cooperative; and social fencing of community woodlots and pasture lands.Press Information Bureau- Press Release
Categories Individual-Forest Officers Individual-Other than Forest Officers Institutions/Organisations under Government Joint Forest Management Committees ( six awards region-wise) Non-profit making Voluntary Organisations (NGOs) Corporate Sector (Private/Public Sector Agencies) Eco-Clubs at School Level (covered under National Green Corps Programme of the Ministry of Environment and Forests)
Recipients
GAURA DEVI (1925 - 1991) is the first recipient of Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra (IPVM) Award in 1986. Year Name of Institution or Individual Category State 1986 Gaura DeviActivist Uttar Pradesh1987Shri Rakesh KalaIndividual including government servantUttar Pradesh 1991 Shri Om Prakash Agrawal Individual Chhattisgarh 2000 Shri Rongura Hrahsel Individual Forest Officer Mizoram 2003 Smt Kollakal Devakiyamma Individual including Government Servant Keralam 2006 Shri U. Veerakumar Individual including government servant Tamil Nadu 2006Social Forestry Division, JunagarhInstitutions / Organization under GovernmentOdisha 2006 woman self-help groups within Binodpur Baikunthapur forests protection committee under Raidighi range of 24-Parganas(south ) DivisionJoint Forest Management Committee West Bengal 2006The Jalgrahan Institution, Sattu, located in village panchayat Bhojato ka Oda, DungarpurNon Government Institution/ OrganisationRajasthan 2007B.B Limbasiya Individual including Government Servant Gujarat2007Department of Forests and Department of Education, Government of KeralaInstitution / Organization under GovernmentKerala2007The village Forests Protection and Management Committee, Paliakhera Joint Forests Management CommitteeRajasthan2007Nisarg Seva Samiti, WardhaNon Government Institution /Organization Rajasthan2008P. SivakumarIndividual including Government ServantAssam2008Range Forests Office, Taluka Sewa Sadan, KhambatInstitution / Organization under GovernmentGujarat2008The van Suraksha Evam Prabandh Samiti, Gram Karel, The Jadol, UdaipurJoint Forests Management Committee Rajasthan 2008 Women’s Mandua, Women’s organisation for Socio-cultural Awareness(WOSCA), KeonjharNon Government organizationOdisha
See also Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education Van Vigyan Kendra (VVK) Forest Science Centres List of environmental awards
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