New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- Organisations can approach the Union environment ministry to take up afforestation in the Aravallis under the Green Credit scheme, Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav said on Wednesday.

"If any organisation wants to take up afforestation in degraded forest land as per the management plan of the forest department and is able to achieve 40% canopy cover in four to five years, it can obtain green credits," Yadav said.

He added that the process has already started in the Aravallis, covering 750 acres in Gurugram and 250 acres near the Manesar Industrial Area.

Yadav said: "Many misconceptions have been spread, but neither is mining allowed in the Aravalli region in Delhi, nor will it ever be allowed." Mining wou...