Union Minister for Agriculture, Farmers' Welfare and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan attended the Vriksh Mitra Programme as Chief Guest in New Delhi on 12 July 2026, lending ministerial weight to the environmental conservation pledge and Vriksh Mitra Samvad dialogue.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan personally presented a sapling to a participant during the Vriksh Mitra Programme in New Delhi on 12 July 2026, symbolising the event's core call to citizens to adopt and nurture trees as environmental stewards.
The Vriksh Mitra Programme centred on an Environmental Conservation Pledge and a structured Vriksh Mitra Samvad — a dialogue session encouraging citizens to become 'tree friends' — with Chouhan distributing saplings to underscore the initiative's grassroots outreach.
The Vriksh Mitra Programme, held in New Delhi on 12 July 2026, brought together participants who took a formal environmental conservation pledge, with Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan presenting saplings as a gesture of the Centre's commitment to green India goals.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who heads both the Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and Rural Development portfolios, spotlighted the link between sustainable farming and tree cover at the Vriksh Mitra Samvad in New Delhi on 12 July 2026.
The Vriksh Mitra Programme concluded with participants across New Delhi receiving saplings from Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 12 July 2026, reinforcing the event's message that individual tree stewardship is central to India's long-term environmental sustainability goals.