Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar

{{Short description|Award given by the Government of India for contribution in the field of environmental protection}}

The Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar (Hindi: इंदिरा गांधी पर्यावरण पुरस्कार) is an environment award given for contributions in the field of environmental protection. The award was established in 1987 by the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change, Government of India. A cash prize, silver lotus trophy, scroll, and a citation are included in the award.http://moef.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/igpp-rg.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}{{Cite news|author=Staff Reporter|date=2014-03-26|title=Environmentalist bags Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/environmentalist-bags-indira-gandhi-paryavaran-puraskar/article5833959.ece|access-date=2021-01-21|issn=0971-751X}} The selection of any organization or personality for the award is done by a committee headed by the Vice President of India. In 2008, 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.{{Cite web|title=Environment Ministry Invites Nominations for Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar for the Year 2013|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=98521|access-date=2021-01-21|website=pib.gov.in}}{{Cite web|date=2020-09-21|title=Meet the Man Teaching Farmers How to Grow 12 Crops a Year to Defy Droughts & Floods|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/238341/uttarakhand-vijay-jardhari-baranaj-intercropping-organic-farming-how-to-save-lakhs-india-gop94/|access-date=2021-01-21|website=The Better India|language=en-US}}

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.{{Cite web|title=सेंटर फॉर साइंस एंड एंवायरमेंट को इंदिरा गांधी पुरस्कार|url=https://www.jagran.com/news/national-indira-gandhi-award-for-center-for-science-and-environment-19773552.html|access-date=2021-01-21|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}{{Cite web|title=BRPL bags 'Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar' award|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2009/jun/08/brpl-bags-indira-gandhi-paryavaran-puraskar-award-55832.html|access-date=2021-01-21|website=The New Indian Express|date=15 May 2012 }} As per the amended regulations in 2010 governing the IGPP Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar, the following can propose a name of any such person or organization in India: any Indian citizen with at least 10 years of work experience in the field of environment, an NGO working in the field of environment with at least five years of experience, the Department of Environment and Forestry of States, Union Territories, State Pollution Control Board, District Collector, and Magistrate.{{Cite web|date=2007-06-05|title=Pathak gets Indira Environment Award|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/pathak-gets-indira-environment-award/story-u2xKP9CZzzhWKL8xl5d6vO.html|access-date=2021-01-21|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2008-06-05|title=President Patil to present Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar|url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/president-patil-to-present-indira-gandhi-paryavaran-puraskar_446982.html|access-date=2021-01-21|website=Zee News|language=en}}

List of awards

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|+Previous IGPP Awards{{Cite web |title=IGPP Awardees List |url=http://www.wwfenvis.nic.in/Database/IGPPAWARDS_5624.aspx?format=Print |access-date=May 3, 2022 |website=ENVIS Centre, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India |archive-date=3 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903080904/http://www.wwfenvis.nic.in/Database/IGPPAWARDS_5624.aspx?format=Print |url-status=dead }}

!Year

!Awardee (Individual or Organization)

!Location

1987

|Bombay Natural History Society

|Mumbai, Maharashtra

1988

|Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad

|Kerala

1989

|Samaj Parivartana Samudaya

|Dharwad, Karnataka