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Successive surveys related to land degradation in India, reveal that despite several announcements and policy changes, the desertification and degradation of land and forest continues to rise. It has posed serious threats to environment, biodiversity, local economy and food security. Globally and nationally, India has been very vocal to address this issue. Internationally, it has committed to regenerate its sizable landscape through international commitments such as Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under UNFCC, Convention on Biodiversity Target (CBT), Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) target under UNCCD and Bonn Challenge anchored by IUCN.
At the national level it has initiated various programs to meet these goals, which includes Environment Policy, National Action Plan for Climate Change (NAPCC), Green India Mission, MGNREGA, CAMPA and many others. While all these commitments and policy decisions are related to each other, there exist variations and difference in targets. Moreover, the poor implementation of policies to achieve these targets has also been a serious issue. This discussion paper attempts to put together all commitments/target of India related to regeneration of land and forest to have further discussion on their status, implementation strategies and expected results in future.