Lok Sabha Question No. 3656 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: Career in Environment and Wildlife Conservation
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3656

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2021

## Career in Environment and Wildlife Conservation

## 3656.   SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGEbe pleased to state:

- (a) the steps being taken by the Government to enhance youths' interest in environment and wildlife conservation;
- (b) whether the Government is considering on imparting training to the youth or on other schemes to enable them to make career in this field in this regard; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) The  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  &  Climate  Change  is  implementing  the Environment  Education,  Awareness  and  Training  (EEAT)  Scheme  with  the  objective  to promote  environmental  awareness  especially  among  school  and  college  students  and  to mobilize their participation for conservation of environment. Under the National Green Corps (NGC)  programme  of  this  Scheme,  more  than  one  lakh  Eco-clubs  have  been  formed  in schools and  colleges to  educate  students  and  to  spread  awareness  on  environmental  issues. Further,  this  Ministry  also  supports  organization  of  field  visits/  nature  camps  for  school students  in  Protected  Areas,  Wildlife  Sanctuaries,  National  Parks,  etc.  under  the  National Nature  Camping  Programme  of  EEAT  Scheme  with  an  objective  to  provide  'nature experience'  to  students  and  thereby  to  trigger  their  sensitivity  towards  nature  and  its conservation.  As  per  information  provided  by  Department  of  Youth  Affairs,  awareness  on environment conservation and enrichment is a component in the regular activities of National Service Scheme (NSS). Volunteers of NSS organize activities on environment conservation, climate  change,  use  of  renewable  energy  and  other  related  issues  in  addition  to  plantation drives.
- (b) & (c) This Ministry has launched the Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) in June 2017 under the ongoing Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Scheme, on a pilot  basis,  at  10  locations,  spread  over  9  biogeographic  regions  of  the  country  with  the objective to skill youth in environment, forest and wildlife sectors and enabling them to be gainfully employed or self-employed.Based on the success of the pilot phase, the programme was extended to pan-India level in 2018-19 covering diverse fields like pollution monitoring (air/water/soil),  emission  inventory,  operation  of  Sewage  Treatment  Plant(STP)/  Effluent

Treatment  Plant  (ETP)/  Common  Effluent  Treatment  Plant(CETP),  waste  management, environmental impact assessment, forest management, water budgeting and auditing, wildlife management,  para taxonomy  including Peoples Bio-Diversity Register(PBR),  bamboo management and livelihood generation, etc. The training imparted under GSDP endeavours to enhance technical knowledge of the skilled workforce with a focus on hands-on training.The ENVIS Hubs/ Resource  Partners  and  other  institutions  imparting  training  under  the  GSDP invite  applications  from  all  over  the  country  and  the  placements  take  place  based  on employment opportunities available within or outside the State / Union Territory.

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