Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar
The Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar (Hindi: इंदिरा गांधी पर्यावरण पुरस्कार) is an environment award given for contributions in the field of environmental protection. The award was established in 1987 by the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change, Government of India. A cash prize, silver lotus trophy, scroll, and a citation are included in the award.[1][2] The selection of any organization or personality for the award is done by a committee headed by the Vice President of India. In 2008, the award was given to Isha Foundation of Tamil Nadu. This organization has a Guinness world record for planting more than eight lakh saplings in a single day.[3][4]
Nomination[edit]
The award is given every year and an advertisement for inviting nominations for IGPP is released every year on 15 July in national dailies with regional coverage.[5][6] As per the amended regulations in 2010 governing the IGPP Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar, the following can propose a name of any such person or organization in India: any Indian citizen with at least 10 years of work experience in the field of environment, an NGO working in the field of environment with at least five years of experience, the Department of Environment and Forestry of States, Union Territories, State Pollution Control Board, District Collector, and Magistrate.[7][8]
List of awards[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ http://moef.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/igpp-rg.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Staff Reporter (26 March 2014). "Environmentalist bags Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Environment Ministry Invites Nominations for Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar for the Year 2013". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Meet the Man Teaching Farmers How to Grow 12 Crops a Year to Defy Droughts & Floods". The Better India. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "सेंटर फॉर साइंस एंड एंवायरमेंट को इंदिरा गांधी पुरस्कार". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "BRPL bags 'Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar' award". The New Indian Express. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "Pathak gets Indira Environment Award". Hindustan Times. 5 June 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "President Patil to present Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar". Zee News. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "IGPP Awardees List". ENVIS Centre, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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