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'To strengthen biodiversity conservation, biodiversity funding is crucial and quite challenging': Minister Vardhan
See Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Harsh Vardhan's message on the 3rd Global BIOFIN conference, hosted in India.
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About India
>50%
Under-25 Population
1.67 MT
CO2 Emission Per Capita
120 (of 131)
Female Labour Force Participation
0.624
Human Development Index