Q. ‘Airgun Surrender Abhiyan initiative’ is associated with which state/UT?
Answer:
Arunachal Pradesh
Notes: ‘Airgun Surrender Abhiyan initiative’ of Arunachal Pradesh selected as India’s best success story on wildlife conservation to present in UNESCO’s International Conference.
The Airgun Surrender Abhiyan is an initiative of the Department of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the state Government. Under the scheme people were invited to voluntarily surrender their Airguns and licensed guns to stop the use of these guns to kill birds and other wild animals. The programme was officially launched in 2021.