In July 2021, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) launched a project named “Bamboo Oasis on Lands in Drought” (BOLD) in which of the following states?

The correct answer is Rajasthan: The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has launched a project named “Bamboo Oasis on Lands in Drought” (BOLD) from the tribal village Nichla Mandwa in Udaipur, Rajasthan . The project aims to boost the income of the tribal people and solve environmental concerns such as land desertification and land degradation by creating bamboo-based green patches in drylands. Under the project, 5000 saplings of special bamboo species – Bambusa Tulda and Bambusa Polymorpha from Assam were planted on approximately 16 acres of vacant arid Gram Panchayat land. With this, KVIC also created a world record of planting the highest number of bamboo saplings on a single day at one location. The initiative has been launched as part of KVIC’s “Khadi Bamboo Festival” to celebrate 75 years of independence “Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav”. The project will also be replicated at village Dholera in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and Leh, Ladakh by August 2021. Bamboos are great sources to reduce land degradation, prevent land desertification, achieve sustainable development and solve food security issues. Bamboos are also known for conserving water and reducing evaporation of water from the land surface, which is an important feature in arid and drought-prone regions.