Lok Sabha Question No. 3411 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-13
Subject: Climate Change
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO . 3411

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2020

## Climate Change

## 3411. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

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

- (a) whether  climate  change  has  affected  the  agriculture  plantation  and  water  resources during the last two decades;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) the details of the steps being taken in Bundelkhand region to mitigate adverse effects of climate change?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO )

(a) to  (c)  Climate  change  is  a  global  environmental  challenge  and  there  are  studies projecting  varied  impacts  on  different  sectors  including  agriculture  and  water  resources. According to India's Second Biennial Update Report (BUR) submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the overall impact of climate change on water resources is anticipated in terms of rise in extreme events, thereby increasing the flood and drought frequency, intensity of rainfall and spatial variability.

Agriculture  sector  in  India  is  vulnerable  to  climate  change.  Higher  temperatures  tend  to reduce  crop  yields  and  favour  weed  and  pest  proliferation.  It  also  has  negative  effects  on irrigated crop yields across agro-ecological regions both due to temperature rise and changes in water availability. Rainfed agriculture will be primarily impacted due to rainfall variability and reduction in number of rainy days.

Government has launched the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) under the  National  Action  Plan  on  Climate  Change  (NAPCC)  to  transform  agriculture  into  an ecologically sustainable, climate-resilient production system by devising appropriate adaptation and mitigation strategies for ensuring food security at the national level.

The Government of India has formulated a National Perspective Plan for Water Resources Development  which  envisages  the  transfer  of  water  from  surplus  basins  to  water  deficit basins.  The  Government  has  also  circulated  a  Model  Bill  to  'Regulate  and  Control  the Development  and  management  of  Ground  Water'  to  all  the  States/UTs  to  enable  them  to enact  suitable  ground  water  legislation  for  regulation  of  its  development  which  includes provision of rain water harvesting. Thirty three States/Union Territories including Uttar Pradesh have prepared their State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) taking into account State's/UT's specific issues relating to climate  change.  Under  the  grant  scheme  'National  Adaptation  Fund  for  Climate  Change (NAFCC)', Government is providing grants to Uttar Pradesh to support adaptation measures in Banda, Hamirpur, Orai (Jalaun) & Chitrakoot Districts of Bundelkhand region. Indian  Council  of  Agriculture  Research  (ICAR)  through  its  research  institutes  viz.  Indian Institute  of  Farming  System  Research  (IIFSR),  Central  Research  Institute  for  Dryland Agriculture  (CRIDA),  All  India  Coordinated  Research  Project  on  Dryland  Agriculture (AICRPDA), All India Coordinated Research Project on Farming Systems (AICRPFS) and Network  Project  on  Organic  Farming  (NPOP)  is  continuously  engaged  in  developing, refining  and  demonstrating  efficient  and  sustainable  cropping  patterns  for  Bundelkhand

region.

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