Development and conservation can go hand in hand: Vice President Radhakrishnan to IFS probationers

August 19, 2026 7:25 PM

Development and conservation can go hand in hand: Vice President Radhakrishnan to IFS probationers

Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan on Wednesday called for a balanced approach to development and environmental conservation, saying the two can go hand in hand and urging Indian Forest Service officers to combine modern scientific forestry with India's traditional ecological wisdom. Addressing Indian Forest Service (IFS) probationers of the 2025-27 batch and officers of the Royal Bhutan Forest Service undergoing training at the Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun, V-P Radha...

Officer Trainees of Indian Forest Service call on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhawan

July 17, 2026 4:22 PM

Officer Trainees of Indian Forest Service call on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhawan

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday described probationers of the Indian Forest Service as custodians of India's natural heritage, exhorting them to focus on increasing forests as these are the foundation of life on Earth. In an interaction with the probationers, who had called on the President, she said that they are not only administrators of forests but also the custodians of India's natural heritage, as ecological security is integral to the national goal of Viksit Bharat by 2047. She expre...