Green Indian States Trust GITS is ........

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Green Indian States Trust (GITS) is

A non-profit charitable trust that encourages policymakers and governments to measure and manage their natural, human and social capitals.

A trust of World Wide Fund for Nature, Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth in India to finance ecological conservation projects

An informal consortium of the State Environment Ministries of India to monitor inter-state projects

None of the above

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Explanation:

GIST is an NGO that aims to promote sustainable development in India. It was created in July 2004, with its first project being to research and publish ‘Green Accounts’ to focus on sustainability at the state level in India. Economic growth does not capture the many vital aspects of national wealth and well-being, such as changes in the quality of health, the extent of education, or the quality and quantity of natural resources. The 'Green Accounting for Indian States Project' (GAISP) was undertaken to encourage India’s policymakers to abandon their dependence on the narrow economic measure of ‘GDP Growth’ with a holistic measure that takes into account all major externalities