Overview

• Prime Minister Modi inaugurated Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam Par 2.0 by planting a symbolic Sindoor sapling and calling for 10 crore trees to be planted nationwide by September 30.
• He launched the Aravalli Green Wall Project to restore over six million hectares of degraded land across Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi and improve local water systems.
• State governments from Maharashtra to Odisha pledged large-scale tree plantations—Odisha aims for 7.5 crore saplings and Andhra Pradesh 1 crore in a day—and strengthened bans on single-use plastics.
• Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan highlighted India’s net zero by 2070 commitment and reported that students have digitally tracked nearly three million saplings through QR codes.
• Cities from Delhi to Charkhi Dadri flagged off electric buses, employing AI-based monitoring and geo-tagging to track sapling survival.