GK
INDIAN ECONOMY
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To increase green coverage
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To create more employment opportunities
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To reduce urbanisation in rural areas
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To produce raw material for rayon and match factories
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Detailed explanation-1: -Social Forestry program is aimed to reclaim the barren and fallow land by afforestation. It aims to protect the environment and encourage social development. The program was launched by the National Commission on Agriculture in 1976. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-2: -The objectives of social forestry as defined by the National Commission on Agriculture (NCA, 1976) are: (a) supply of fuelwood to replace cow dung; (b) supply of small timber; (c) supply of fodder; (d) protection of agricultural fields from wind and soil erosion; and (e) creation of recreational amenities.
Detailed explanation-3: -Objectives of Social Forestry: To increase the fuelwood for domestic purposes timber for rural areas fodder for livestock rearing. Increase in the number of jobs for unskilled workers. To increase the living standard and improve the lives of people in the rural and urban areas qualitatively.