REPORTS AND INDICES

National Highways Green Cover Index (NH-GCI) 2025–26

  • Context : National Highways Authority of India released the National Highways Green Cover Index (NH-GCI) 2025–26 annual report.

National Highways Green Cover Index

  • It is an initiative of National Highways Authority of India. 
  • The report was prepared with National Remote Sensing Centre of Indian Space Research Organisation.
  • The assessment uses high-resolution satellite sensors to detect chlorophyll content.
  • NH-GCI shows the percentage of green cover within the Right of Way (RoW) of highways for every 1 km stretch.
  • The first assessment covered about 30,000 km of highways across 24 states during July–December 2024.
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