Correct answer: (c) 3 only
Explanation
- A
1 only
Green accounting in Union and State budgets. Green India Mission is a NAPCC forestry mission, not a mandate to rewrite budget accounts. Statement 1 is not the aim.
- B
2 and 3 only
2 and 3 only. A ‘second green revolution’ for food security is not GIM’s stated aim. Statement 2 is the extra.
- C
3 only
Statement 3 only. National Mission for a Green India (NAPCC) aims to restore and enhance forest and tree cover and to use forests in climate adaptation and mitigation. That stored letter is the official key.
- D
1, 2 and 3
All three. Statements 1 and 2 are not GIM’s core aim, so all three cannot be the key.
Summary. Official key is (c) 3 only. Green India Mission is about forest cover and climate response, not green budgeting or a second Green Revolution. Honour the stored letter (c).
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