**Policy Summary: Ideas4LiFE Initiative**
The Ideas4LiFE initiative, under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, sought innovative ideas aligned with the Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE) mission. A total of 1384 entries were received and evaluated in a three-phase process. Phase 1 involved screening for completeness and originality. Phase 2 utilized evaluators from the Department of Higher Education to assess ideas based on innovation potential, feasibility, impact, scalability, and sustainability. Phase 3 involved a national jury selecting the top 3 ideas in each of the seven themes, using the same five parameters.
The initiative saw participation from 382 educational institutions across 26 states and 5 Union Territories. Participants were categorized as Students, Faculty, Research Scholars, and Others. The initiative aligns with the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision, as environmental sustainability is a key goal. Ideas4LiFE encourages behavioral change through innovation and actionable solutions to promote sustainable lifestyles, engaging youth and academic minds in environmental sustainability efforts. 21 ideas, the top 3 from each of the seven themes under Mission LiFE, were selected as winning ideas.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change: A ministry in the Government of India responsible for environmental and forestry matters.
Ideas4LiFE: An initiative by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to gather ideas for environmental sustainability.
DR. SANJAY JAISWAL: A member of Lok Sabha who raised a question about the Ideas4LiFE initiative.
SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH: Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Dept. of Higher Education: Department of Higher Education, which assessed the ideas on five parameters
Viksit Bharat 2047: A political vision with environmental sustainability as one of its key goals.
Lifestyle for Environment LiFE: Mission LiFE is an India-led global mass movement to nudge individual and community action to protect and preserve the environment
Union Territories: Refers to one of the type of administrative division in the Republic of India
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2519
TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2025
Ideas4LiFE Initiative
2519. DR. SANJAY JAISWAL:
Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to
state:
(a) the total number of entries received under the Ideas4LiFE initiative and the criteria used to
shortlist the winners;
(b) the number of educational Institutions, States and categories of participants represented in
the entries; and
(c) whether the initiative aligns with the larger political vision of “Viksit Bharat @2047” and
Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE)?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE
CHANGE
(SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)
(a) Total number of entries received under Ideas4LiFE initiative were 1384. The ideas were
evaluated through a three phase evaluation process.
· Phase-I evaluation involved preliminary screening of ideas to ensure completeness and
originality of the ideas.
· In Phase-2, evaluators empanelled with Dept. of Higher Education assessed the ideas on
five parameters namely, Innovation potential, Feasibility, Impact, Scalability and
Sustainability.
· In Phase-3, a national level jury duly constituted by the Ministry selected the top 3 ideas
in each of the seven themes based on the same five parameters i.e., Innovation potential,
Feasibility, Impact, Scalability and Sustainability.
(b) The number of educational institutions represented in the entries were 382 from 26 states
and 5 Union Territories. There were four categories of participants namely Students, Faculty,
Research scholars and Others.
(c) The Ideas4LiFE initiative was conceptualized under the broader framework of Mission
LiFE wherein ideas were sought from Students, Faculty, Research scholars, others on all thethemes of Mission LiFE. 21 ideas with top 3 ideas from each of the seven themes were selected
as winning ideas.
Environmental sustainability is one of the key goals of Viksit Bharat 2047. The Ideas4LiFE
encourages behavioural change through innovation and actionable solutions to promote
sustainable lifestyle. Engaging youth and academic minds through such initiatives makes
them an active participant towards environmental sustainability and thereby achieving the goals
of Viksit Bharat 2047.
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