Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha Mitra Awards or IPVM Awards are given by

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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

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''.Press Information Bureau- Press Release
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Recipients

{, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! Year !! Name of Institution or Individual !! Category!! State , - , 2000 , , Shri Rongura Hrahsel , , Individual Forest Officer , ,

Mizoram Mizoram () is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo", the self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo language means "lan ...

, - , 2006 , , Shri U. Veerakumar , , Individual including government servant , ,

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

, - , 2006, , Social Forestry Division, Junagarh, , Institutions / Organization under Government, ,

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

, - , 2006, , woman self-help groups within Binodpur Baikunthapur forests protection committee under Raidighi range of 24-Parganas(south ) Division, , Joint Forest Management Committee , ,

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...

, - , 2006, , The Jalgrahan Institution, Sattu, located in village panchayat Bhojato ka Oda, Dungarpur, , Non Government Institution/ Organisation, , Rajasthan , - , 2007, , B.B Limbasiya , , Individual including Government Servant, ,

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

, - , 2007, , Department of Forests and Department of Education, Government of Kerala, , Institution / Organization under Government, ,

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

, - , 2007, , The village Forests Protection and Management Committee, Paliakhera , , Joint Forests Management Committee, ,

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...

, - , 2007, , Nisarg Seva Samiti, Wardha, , Non Government Institution /Organization , , Rajasthan , - , 2008, , P. Sivakumar, , Individual including Government Servant, , Assam , - , 2008, , Range Forests Office, Taluka Sewa Sadan, Khambat, , Institution / Organization under Government, , Gujarat , - , 2008, , The van Suraksha Evam Prabandh Samiti, Gram Karel, The Jadol, Udaipur, , Joint Forests Management Committee, , Rajasthan , - , 2008, , Women’s Mandua, Women’s organisation for Socio-cultural Awareness(WOSCA), Keonjhar, , Non Government organization, , Odisha

References

Environmental awards Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

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