Lok Sabha Question No. 2037 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-29
Subject: Assistance from World Bank for Pollution Free Environment
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: PR. SENTHILNATHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2037

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.12.2017

## Assistance from World Bank for Pollution Free Environment

## 2037. SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN

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

- (a) whether the Union Government has received any financial support from World Bank or any other Foreign Financial Institutions (FFIs) to be provided to State Government to maintain a pollution free environment;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  financial  assistance  provided  to  various  State  Governments including Tamil Nadu during the last three years and the current year, State-wise and project-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Capacity  Building  for  Industrial  Pollution  Management  Project  was signed with World Bank for International Bank for Reconstruction and  Development and International Development Association Credit for several Million Dollars; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, project/State-wise including Tamil Nadu?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) The  Union  Government  has  received  financial  support  from  World  Bankfor Integrated  Coastal  Zone  Management  (ICZM)  Programme  and  Capacity  Building for Industrial Pollution  Management  Project (CBIPMP)  to  control pollution. Financial  support  has  also  been  received  from  Japan  International  Cooperation Agency  (JICA) for pollution abatement of rivers Mula  -  Mutha in Pune, Maharashtra under National River Conservation Plan (NRCP).
- (b) The details of the financial assistance provided to various State Governments during the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State  wise  and  Project  wise  aregiven  at Annexure. No financial assistance has been provided to the State of Tamil Nadu.
- (c) The  revised  total  cost  of  the  World  Bank  aided  CBIPM  project  is  USD  31.054 million (Rs.201.85 crores approx.). The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development  (IBRD)  loan  is  US$  0.364  million  and  International  Development Association (IDA) credit is US$ 26.08 million and Government's contribution (i.e. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and West Bengal) is US$ 4.61 million.
- (d) Under the CBIPM project, a total of Rs. 57.80 crores, Rs. 6.00 crores and Rs. 52.29 crores has been released to Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and West Bengal respectivelyfrom the beginning of the project (2010-11)upto 26.12. 2017.

Details  of  the  financial  assistance  provided  to  various  State Governments to maintain a pollution free environment during the last  three  years  and  the  current  year,  State  wise  and Project wise

- (i) Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Project.

(Rs. in crore)

| State   | Years   | Years   | Years   | Years   | Years   |
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| State   | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | Total   |
| Gujarat | 51.53   | 27.34   | 20.15   | 6.05    | 105.07  |
| Odisha  | 7.90    | 4.92    | 3.06    | 3.27    | 19.15   |
| West    | 29.88   | 14.10   | 16.74   | 9.14    | 69.86   |
| Total   | 89.31   | 46.36   | 39.95   | 18.46   | 194.08  |

(ii) Capacity  Building  for  Industrial  Pollution  Management Project (CBIPMP)

(Rs. in crore)

| State          | Years   | Years   | Years   | Years   | Years   |
|----------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|                | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | Total   |
| Andhra Pradesh | 0.00    | 0.00    | 16.20   | 21.00   | 37.20   |
| Telangana      | 0.00    | 0.00    | 6.00    | 0.00    | 6.00    |
| West Bengal    | 0.18    | 9.82    | 4.68    | 23.00   | 37.68   |
| Total          | 0.18    | 9.82    | 26.88   | 44.00   | 80.88   |

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