Amrit Dharohar wetlands scheme – UGC NET Question

Amrit Dharohar seeks to derive multiple benefits from wetlands while ensuring their ecological health. The scheme focuses on Ramsar sites, encouraging local communities to engage in sustainable activities such as bird-watching tourism, traditional fisheries and handicrafts. This approach recognises wetlands as natural assets that support biodiversity, water regulation and livelihoods. It fits well within the people-development-environment nexus of Unit-IX.

Option A:
This option is incorrect because converting wetlands to real estate generally destroys their ecological functions. The scheme is meant to prevent such degradation.

Option B:
This option correctly captures the idea of community-based conservation and livelihood generation around Ramsar wetlands, which is central to Amrit Dharohar.

Option C:
Draining wetlands for intensive farming would contradict the scheme’s conservation objectives and harm biodiversity and flood regulation services.

Option D:
Fertiliser subsidies are not the main focus; the scheme emphasises sustainable use and ecosystem services rather than input subsidies.