Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Global Campaign  #Plant4Mother on the occasion of World Environment Day

Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan planted saplings at IARI Campus PUSA as a part of the campaign #Plant4Mother campaign. Chouhan informed that the Ministry will set up “Matri Van” in about 1 acre of land. 

Minister of State Ramnath Thakur, Secretary DARE & DG ICAR, Dr. Himanshu Pathak, around 200 officers/staffs of the Ministry of Agriculture &Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development and School students were also present in the event. 

Minister informed that all subordinate offices of DA&FW, ICAR institutions, CAUs, KVKs and SAUs in the country are also organized a similar tree plantation program at their respective places at same time. 

Chouhan also informed that over 800 institutions under Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare participated, and it is expected that between 3000-4000 saplings were planted during the event.

Union Minister said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Global Campaign  #Plant4Mother on the occasion of World Environment Day, on 5th June 2024 and to ensure the Prime Minister resolution our Ministries started #Plant4Mother campaign as a mass movement. 

Chouhan requested to all officers/ employees and the school student present during the occasion to participating in the movement and to pay their respect to their mother and mother earth by planting trees.