President Ram Nath Kovind celebrated Van Mahotsav on August 25, 2020 with planting a Neem sapling in the President’s Estate.
- Van Mahotsav is an annual one-week tree planting festival which is celebrated in the country.
- The unique festival was started in the year 1950 by Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi by planting a tree at Rajghat in Delhi.
- During his tenure as an agriculture minister Mr. Munishi conceptualized the Van Mahotsav initiative to increase the forest cover in the country.
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