Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar

The Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar is an award, given for contribution in the field of environmental protection, was started by the Government of India in the year 1987. Five lakh rupees and citation are provided in it. The selection of any organization or personality for the award is done by a committee headed by the Vice President. 2008 AD The award was given to Isha Foundation of Tamil Nadu. This organization has a Guinness world record for planting more than eight lakh saplings in a single day.
Nomination.
The award is given every year and an advertisement for inviting nominations for IGPP is released every year on 15 July in national dailies with regional coverage. As per the amended regulations in 2010 governing the IGPP Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar, any Indian citizen with at least 10 years of work experience in the field of environment, an NGO working in the field of environment, having at least With 5 years experience, the Department of Environment and Forestry of States, Union Territories, State Pollution Control Board, District Collector, Magistrate, can propose the name of any such person or organization in India.