A National Forest Skill Development Centre has been set up where in India?

a. Chandigarh

b. Delhi

c. Dehradun

d. None of the above

ANSWER: Dehradun

Explanation:

National Forest Skill Development Centre is being set up in Dehradun for equipping youths for jobs in the forest sector and help mitigate the problem of migration of people from the hills in search of work.

It is one of a kind institution in the whole country where youth from all over India can converge and get skill development training.

It will help them get employment in the forest sector and rein in large scale migration from the hills in search of livelihood

Stopping migration from hills in search of livelihood has been a major problem for successive governments in Uttarakhand.

Rajaji National park has been granted the status of a tiger reserve by the Centre to boost tourism. More people are getting jobs as a result of this

Also the Govind Ballabh Pant National Himalayan Environment Institution is being upgraded into the National Centre for Himalayan Ecology.

Centre has also given INR 24 crore to the state government for upgradation