"Those officers who have been discharging their duties with utmost sincerity and dedication shall be given three options of posting place," Chief Minister Nabam Tuki told a press conference here today.
He said officials doing exceptionally well in preservation of the rich flora and fauna would get priority in promotions.
Tuki suggested inclusion of subjects like forest conservation, importance of wildlife and impact of global warming in school syllabus. He asked the department concerned to co-ordinate with the education department to implement the plan at the earliest.
"This will educate our children in their elementary stage and will also generate awareness among their parents over the importance of forest and wildlife," he said.
Announcing that the state has received the highest grant under the 13th Finance Commission by way of 'Green Bonus', the chief minister emphasised on the need to protect the forest so that the state can continue to get higher central allocation in near future.
He also stressed on increasing the state's forest cover from 82 per cent to 90 per cent through rubber and tea plantations wherever applicable.
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Exhorting officials to gainfully utilise CAMPA fund meant for afforestation programme, the chief minister said community participation should be made mandatory in such schemes.
"We must start afforestation programmes with economically viable plants so that economic generation could be ensured alongside increasing forest cover," Tuki said.
He also suggested involving community and individuals under the programme so that they could be equally benefited from such afforestation programmes. He asked the department to start the process on phase wise manner by selecting few divisions on an experimental basis.