Rajya Sabha Question: Progress and initiatives under Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment)
Rajya Sabha reply on Mission LiFE implementation, outreach, platforms, and linkage with international sustainable-lifestyles agenda
- Mission LiFE is a mass movement aimed at nudging individuals and communities toward an environment-friendly lifestyle using seven thematic pillars.
- Mission LiFE Portal is described as a knowledge repository and Meri LiFE Portal is described as a structured reporting and monitoring platform for Mission LiFE events and activities.
- LiFE-Lifestyle for Environment is stated to be included as a qualitative goal under India’s NDCs under the Paris Agreement.
What Mission LiFE is and what it targets
Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment) is described by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change as a mass movement designed to nudge individuals and communities towards an environment-friendly lifestyle. The stated approach follows a “Whole-of-Government and Whole-of-Society” model and focuses on seven themes: Save Energy, Save Water, Reduce Waste, Reduce E-Waste, Say No to Single Use Plastic, Adopt Healthy Lifestyles, and Adopt Sustainable Food Systems. The aim is behavioural change toward lifestyles in harmony with nature.
What happened since Mission LiFE’s launch
UPS C asks you to treat Mission LiFE as an implementation model for behavioural climate action—citizen outreach, institutional capacity-building, and reporting platforms—while assessing how sustainable-lifestyles resolutions connect to mitigation framing under the Paris Agreement.
