As a seasoned politician, Corporate Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily is used to being greeted with bouquets of flowers. But industry chamber Ficci had a surprise for him when it announced that it intended to welcome him to a recent event with trees: but no, they didn’t hand him a tree but a certificate stating that 10 trees will be planted in his name in one of the national parks. Ficci officials were not able to immediately identify where the trees would be planted, but said they have tied up with a non-government organisation to plants them as part of its green initiative.
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