Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra Awards

Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra Awards or IPVM Awards are given by Ministry of Environment and Forests[1] 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

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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.[2]

Categories

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  1. Individual-Forest Officers
  2. Individual-Other than Forest Officers
  3. Institutions/Organisations under Government
  4. Joint Forest Management Committees ( six awards region-wise)
  5. Non-profit making Voluntary Organisations (NGOs)
  6. Corporate Sector (Private/Public Sector Agencies)
  7. Eco-Clubs at School Level (covered under National Green Corps Programme of the Ministry of Environment and Forests)

Recipients

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Year Name of Institution or Individual Category State
1987 Shri Rakesh Kala Individual including government servant Uttar Pradesh
2000[2] Shri Rongura Hrahsel Individual Forest Officer Mizoram
2006[2] Shri U. Veerakumar Individual including government servant Tamil Nadu
2006[2] Social Forestry Division, Junagarh Institutions / Organization under Government Odisha
2006[2] woman self-help groups within Binodpur Baikunthapur forests protection committee under Raidighi range of 24-Parganas(south ) Division Joint Forest Management Committee West Bengal
2006[2] The Jalgrahan Institution, Sattu, located in village panchayat Bhojato ka Oda, Dungarpur Non Government Institution/ Organisation Rajasthan
2007[2] B.B Limbasiya Individual including Government Servant Gujarat
2007[2] Department of Forests and Department of Education, Government of Kerala Institution / Organization under Government Kerala
2007[2] The village Forests Protection and Management Committee, Paliakhera Joint Forests Management Committee Rajasthan
2007[2] Nisarg Seva Samiti, Wardha Non Government Institution /Organization Rajasthan
2008[2] P. Sivakumar Individual including Government Servant Assam
2008[2] Range Forests Office, Taluka Sewa Sadan, Khambat Institution / Organization under Government Gujarat
2008[2] The van Suraksha Evam Prabandh Samiti, Gram Karel, The Jadol, Udaipur Joint Forests Management Committee Rajasthan
2008[2] Women’s Mandua, Women’s organisation for Socio-cultural Awareness(WOSCA), Keonjhar Non Government organization Odisha

See also

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References

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