'One Child, One Tree' programme may be announced in the budget

The government may announce a nationwide
"One Child, One Tree" programme in the upcoming budget as part of its
efforts to promote environmental conservation and expand green coverage across
the country.
Under the proposed initiative, the
finance adviser is expected to announce a plan to plant 10 million trees
nationwide.
The government is also preparing new
measures to help address the impacts of climate change, with a particular focus
on protecting coastal mangrove forests.
As part of the initiative, authorities
are planning to bring 50% of the country's coastal mangrove forests under
carbon trading programmes, according to officials familiar with the proposal.
Govt may announce 250m-tree planting drive, 350,000 green
jobs over next 5 years
The government may announce a programme
to plant 250 million trees nationwide over the next five years in the upcoming
budget as part of efforts to protect the environment and address the impacts of
climate change, according to sources familiar with the proposal.
The initiative is expected to generate
around 350,000 green jobs, both directly and indirectly, through nursery
operations, plantation work, maintenance, monitoring and related environmental
services.
As part of an expanded afforestation
drive, the government may set targets for FY2026-27 to plant 42.897 million
saplings in 25,960 hectares of block plantations, 3.727 million saplings along
3,727 kilometres of strip plantations, and 17.776 million saplings across 4,000
hectares of mangrove plantations.
The proposal may also include plans to
distribute and plant 5.6 million saplings under homestead afforestation
programmes.
The budget may further include measures
to modernise waste management through the implementation of a "Circular Future
Model" aimed at promoting resource recovery, recycling and
circular-economy practices.















