Lok Sabha Question No. 2242 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-29
Subject: Assistance for Climate Change
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2242

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2016

## Assistance for Climate Change

## 2242.   SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  evaluated  the  impact  of  India's  Intended  Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) commitment on the development agenda and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government has undertaken measures to attract financial and technological inflows to combat climate change from developed nations and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has allocated funds towards adaptation, if so, the details of sector towards which allocation has been made and the amount allocated and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(d)  whether  the  Government has undertaken  capacity building measures to combat climate change and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) and (b) India's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) is comprehensive  and  balanced,  incorporating  all  its  development  priorities. India's  contribution  take  into  account  its  commitment  to  conservation  of nature  along  with  development  challenges  like  poverty  eradication,  food security, universal access to education, health and energy etc.

Under  the  Paris  Agreement,  the  developed  countries  have  committed  to mobilise US $100 billion per year and agreed to enhance it by 2025 beyond US $100 billion per year. Green Climate Fund (GCF) has been set up under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the Convention. India is an eligible country for accessing GCF.

- (c) The  Government  has  established  the  National  Adaptation  Fund  on  Climate Change (NAFCC) to assist States and Union Territories to undertake projects and  actions  for  adaptation  to  climate  change. Rs.  182.27  crores  has  been

sanctioned  for 18  projects for sectors including agriculture  and  animal husbandry, water resources, coastal areas, biodiversity and ecosystem services.

- (d) Financial assistance of Rs. 10 lakhs has been  provided  to each State Government for strengthening capacity of nodal agencies for implementation of  State  Action  Plan  on  Climate  Change  (SAPCC). 29  States,  viz.,  Bihar, Chhattisgarh,  Chandigarh,  Haryana,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Jammu  &  Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya  Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya,  Mizoram,  Odhisa,  Puducherry,  Punjab,  Sikkim,  Tamil  Nadu, Tripura,  Uttarakhand,  Gujarat,  Lakshadweep,  Andhra  Pradesh,   Telangana, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have submitted their project for capacity building.

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