Out of the total 78,438 sq km of geographic area, the forest cover in Assam is around 35.83 sq km. The soil condition of the state support indigenous trees, which has medicinal properties, besides having a wide array of economic significance. Van Mahotsav, celebrated every year in the first week of July, aims at creating awareness on conservation of forests and plantation of trees among people. Introduced in 1950, this led to the plantation of millions of trees throughout the country. Forests, essential for our survival, also play a key role in water conservation.

The vision towards realising a ‘New India’ as put forward by PM Narendra Modi has achieved a new found momentum. With poverty alleviation forming the crux of the vision, the government led by PM Modi has been making rapid strides in eliminating poverty from the country.

मोदी सरकार ने किसानों के हित में एक ऐतिहासिक फैसला किया। सरकार ने 2018-19 के खरीफ की फसलों के लिए न्यूनतम समर्थन मूल्य को लागत का डेढ़ गुना या उससे अधिक बढ़ा दिया, अर्थात किसानों को अब अपनी फसल की लागत का डेढ़ गुना या इससे ज्यादा कीमत मिलेगी। माननीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी की अध्यक्षता में 4 जुलाई को कैबिनट की हुई बैठक में ये फैसला लिया गया। उल्लेखनीय है कि बजट 2018-19 में सरकार ने किसानों से वादा किया था कि सरकार किसानों को फसलों की लागत का डेढ़ गुऩा मूल्य देगी। बजट में बेहतर आय सृजन के जरिए किसानों की आय बढ़ाने पर भी जोर दिया गया था। साथ ही, इस बजट में 2022 तक किसानों की आय दोगुनी करने के लक्ष्य को हासिल करने के लिए जरूरी कृषि नीति में बदलाव करने का संकेत भी दिया गया था।

The Ministry of Women and Child Development on the occasion of International Day of Yoga 2018 launched a social media contest — ‘#YogaFor9To5’, inviting participants to share self-demonstration Videos and Pictures of Yoga Asanas being practiced during office hours. It also aimed to imbibe Yoga in our daily lives especially during work.

The National Human Rights Commission, NHRC India, in the run up to its Silver Jubilee Celebrations, organized Logo design and Slogan/ Tagline writing Competitions, online through the “MyGov” portal in April, 2018 in order to seek people’s involvement and participation in the promotion and protection of human rights. A total of 893 entries were received for Logo Design and 4237 entries for Slogan/ Tagline from people of varied age groups and from different parts of the country.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF & CC), Government of India, the Global Host for World Environment Day, 2018, had conducted a contest for design of Logo for World Environment Day, 2018 to catch the attention on the theme of the World Environment Day, i.e. “Plastic Pollution”. The broad concern was to highlight the major environmental stress caused due to littering and unsafe disposals.

A state of physical, mental and spiritual balance is the ultimate quest of human life. What can bring the quest to an end is the ancient healing practice of yoga. Through its healing meditative practices, breathing & physical exercises, yoga drives us towards a state of liberation. Hence, yoga is seen as an ideal practice that holds the capacity to quench the penultimate human pursuit.

India Innovation Challenge Design Contest (IICDC) has garnered participation across all the states in India, from 965 colleges and 15380 enthusiastic students, of these 510 teams made it through to the Quarter Finals. 62 teams of student innovators moved up to the semifinal stage.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development had launched '#BackToSchool’: A letter-writing contest on making schools safe and fun for our children.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development on the occasion of Mother’s Day launched a social media contest – ‘#LikeYouDoMaa’, inviting participants to share their stories and habits that they learnt or inherited from their Mothers.