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under System for Rice
Intensification, 6
lakh hectare under
diversification to less
water consuming
crop, 1.19 lakh hectare
additional area under
plantation in arable land.
7. National Mission - To continuously assess - Centre for Glaciology has
for Sustaining the health status of the been established at Wadia
Himalayan Himalayan Ecosystem Institute of Himalayan
Ecosystems - Enable policy bodies in their Geology
policy formulation functions - State climate change
- Establish new centres centres have been set up
relevant to climate change in 12 Himalayan states
in existing institutions in - State climate change cells
Himalayan States have been established in
- Regional cooperation with 11 out of 12 Himalayan
neighbouring countries in states
Glaciology - 40 capacity building
training programmes
have been conducted and
40,000 people have been
trained. Glaciologists have
been trained under Indo-
Swiss Capacity Building
Programme in glaciology
- an Inter-University
Consortium of 4
universities on Himalayan
Cryosphere and Climate
Change has been formed
- Glacial lake outburst
floods R&D studies for
vulnerability assessment
have been conducted for
Sikkim
8. National Mission on - To gain better understanding - The mission has created
Strategic Knowledge of climate science and and strengthened 11
for Climate Change formation of knowledge Centres of Excellence for
(NMSKCC) networks among existing climate change.
knowledge institutions - State Climate Change
engaged in research and Cells have been established
development (R&D)