Lok Sabha Question No. 600 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-24
Subject: Funds for Climate Change
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 600

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2023

## Funds for Climate Change

600. DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNAVIKHEPATIL:

DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

PROF. RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI:

DR. HEENAVIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

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

- (a) whether there is any income and outcome budget with respect to climate change and if so, the details thereof, if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) the details of amount spent on adaptation and mitigation measures of climate change, separately, during last five years along with the details of the project and source of funding, year-wise and State-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  cost-benefit  analysis  to  determine  the amount that would be saved if certain climate change measures are adopted, including health related expenditures; and
- (d) whether the Government has conducted any study to evaluate the intangible benefits that would accrue through certain climate change measures?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)  to  (d)  Climate  change  is  a  global  collective  action  problem  and  requires  international cooperation for its solution. India is a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Paris Agreement. India's actions on climate change takes into account  the  principles  of  UNFCCC,  in  particular,  the  principle  of  equity  and  common  but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities in the light of national circumstances.

Under  the  Paris  Agreement  in  2015,  India  had  submitted  its  Nationally  Determined Contribution  (NDC)  balancing  the  concerns  and  priorities  of  climate  change,  sustainable development including poverty eradication, and economic growth of the country.  In August 2022,  India  updated  its  NDC  according  to  which  India  has  an  enhanced  target  to  reduce emissions intensity of its GDP by 45 percent by 2030 from 2005 level, achieve about 50 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030. India also submitted its Long-term Low Emission Development Strategy to achieve netzero by 2070.

The Government stands committed to combat climate change through its several programmes and  schemes  including  the  National  Action  Plan  on  Climate  Change  (NAPCC)  which comprises  missions  in  specific  areas  of  solar  energy,  energy  efficiency,  water,  sustainable agriculture,  health,  Himalayan  ecosystem,  sustainable  habitat,  green  India,  and  strategic knowledge for climate change. As climate change is a cross cutting subject, the missions are implemented by respective line Ministries/Departments. The NAPCC provides an overarching framework for all climate actions. Thirty-four States/Union Territories (UTs) have prepared their State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC) in line with NAPCC taking into account the State specific issues relating to climate change. The responsibility of the implementation of the SAPCC's rest with the respective States.

India's climate actions have so far been largely financed through domestic resources. Union Budget, 2020-21 stated that India's NDC commitments as action will be executed in various sectors by the Departments/Ministries concerned through the normal budgeting process. The successive Union Budgets have scaled up the efforts towards mobilizing resources for climate action. The Union Budget 2023-24 places greening the economy as one of top seven priorities. The Budget indicated many programmes such as green fuel, green energy, green farming, green mobility, green buildings, and green equipment, and policies for efficient use of energy across various economic sectors. In particular, an outlay of Rs 19,700 crores under National Green Hydrogen Mission has been allocated to facilitate transition to low carbon economy. The target is to reach an annual production of 5 MMT by 2030. The Budget also provides Rs 35,000 crore for priority capital investments towards energy transition and net zero objectives, and energy security.

For the cost benefit analysis, SAPCCs need substantial strengthening in terms of institutional readiness  and  improved  capacities  for  designing,  implementation  and  monitoring,  to  bring focus to climate adaptation and have concrete implantable actions and accounting thereof.

Estimating the cost of climate action involves many technical and empirical limitations and also based on a number of assumptions. Although the spending on certain key sectors, such as agriculture, water, coastal, energy, and disaster management are considered, there may still be many  missing  and  unknown  aspects.  While  estimates  at  the  source  level  are  subject  to uncertainty, it is clear that estimating actual finance expenditure is difficult as there will be various climate co-benefits across various programmes/schemes of the Government.

To support adaptation measures in States/ UTs in areas that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts  of  climate  change,  Government  has  implemented  the  National  Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC). Under NAFCC, 30 projects in 27 States/ UTs have been sanctioned  for  adaptation  in  agriculture,  water,  forestry,  etc.  Details  have  been  placed  at Annexure.

As on date, India has progressively continued decoupling of economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions. India's emission intensity of gross domestic product (GDP) has reduced by 24 per cent between 2005 and 2016. India's current share of non-fossil sources based installed capacity of electricity generation is more than 40%.  As per the latest India State of Forest Report 2021, the total forest cover of the country has increased by 12,294 square kilometres in the last seven years (ISFR 2015 to ISFR 2021).

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) TO (D) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 600 DUE FOR REPLY ON 24.07.2023 REGARDING 'FUNDS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE'

## DETAILS  OF  YEAR-WISE  FUND  RELEASE  FOR  IMPLEMENTATION  OF PROJECTS  IN  STATES/UTs  UNDER  NATIONAL  ADAPTATION  FUND  ON CLIMATE CHANGE

| Financial Year   | For implementation of projects in the States/UTs   | (Amount in Rupees)    | (Amount in Rupees)   |
|------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
| Financial Year   | For implementation of projects in the States/UTs   | Funds Released NABARD | to                   |
| 2015-16          | Puducherry                                         | ₹ 3,94,71,859         |                      |
| 2015-16          | Meghalaya                                          | ₹ 11,45,77,200        |                      |
| 2015-16          | Chhattisgarh                                       | ₹ 10,73,63,080        |                      |
| 2015-16          | Jammu &Kashmir                                     | ₹ 11,25,76,580        |                      |
| 2015-16          | Kerala                                             | ₹ 12,50,00,000        |                      |
| 2015-16          | Himachal Pradesh                                   | ₹ 10,00,00,000        |                      |
| 2015-16          | Tamil Nadu                                         | ₹ 12,37,00,000        |                      |
| 2015-16          | Manipur                                            | ₹ 5,00,00,000         |                      |
| 2015-16          | Punjab                                             | ₹ 13,92,00,000        |                      |
| 2015-16          | Odisha                                             | ₹ 16,00,00,000        |                      |
| 2015-16          | Telangana                                          | ₹ 6,00,08,615         |                      |
| 2015-16          | Mizoram                                            | ₹ 5,19,04,533         |                      |
| 2015-16          | Total                                              | ₹ 1,18,38,01,867      |                      |
| 2016-17          | Sikkim                                             | ₹ 10,00,00,000        |                      |
| 2016-17          | Maharashtra                                        | ₹ 7,86,950            |                      |
| 2016-17          | Gujarat                                            | ₹ 8,79,05,001         |                      |
| 2016-17          | Maharashtra                                        | ₹ 11,47,28,357        |                      |
| 2016-17          | Assam                                              | ₹ 12,42,77,650        |                      |
| 2016-17          | West Bengal                                        | ₹ 11,56,05,000        |                      |
| 2016-17          | Haryana                                            | ₹ 8,76,62,167         |                      |
| 2016-17          | Madhya Pradesh                                     | ₹ 12,43,90,451        |                      |
| 2016-17          | Andhra Pradesh                                     | ₹ 6,35,68,108         |                      |
| 2016-17          | Karnataka                                          | ₹ 12,10,76,316        |                      |
| 2016-17          | Total                                              | ₹ 94,00,00,000        |                      |
| 2017-18          | Rajasthan                                          | ₹ 12,48,87,500        |                      |
| 2017-18          | Bihar                                              | ₹ 11,53,31,000        |                      |
| 2017-18          | Nagaland                                           | ₹ 12,33,34,500        |                      |

|         | Uttar Pradesh                             | ₹ 6,31,47,000    |
|---------|-------------------------------------------|------------------|
|         | Jharkhand                                 | ₹ 12,36,00,000   |
|         | Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan& Uttar Pradesh | ₹ 60,33,00,000   |
|         | Total                                     | ₹ 1,15,36,00,000 |
| 2018-19 | Tamil Nadu                                | ₹ 10,00,00,000   |
|         | Rajasthan                                 | ₹ 2,00,00,000    |
|         | Kerala                                    | ₹ 5,00,00,000    |
|         | Mizoram                                   | ₹ 3,00,00,000    |
|         | Manipur                                   | ₹ 3,00,00,000    |
|         | Himachal Pradesh                          | ₹ 5,00,00,000    |
|         | Sikkim                                    | ₹ 6,16,00,000    |
|         | Tamil Nadu                                | ₹ 6,90,12,823    |
|         | Arunachal Pradesh                         | ₹ 11,95,76,582   |
|         | Puducherry                                | ₹ 9,34,94,000    |
|         | Tamil Nadu (SCSP)                         | ₹ 5,00,00,000    |
|         | Rajasthan                                 | ₹ 8,00,00,000    |
|         | Telangana, Maharashtra& Rajasthan         | ₹ 34,13,16,595   |
|         | Total                                     | ₹ 1,09,50,00,000 |
| 2019-20 | Meghalaya                                 | ₹ 5,00,00,000    |
|         | Gujarat                                   | ₹ 12,56,82,652   |
|         | Manipur                                   | ₹ 2,00,00,000    |
|         | Sikkim                                    | ₹ 2,50,00,000    |
|         | Mizoram (TSP)                             | ₹ 2,19,04,532    |
|         | Tamil Nadu                                | ₹ 2,37,00,000    |
|         | Uttar Pradesh                             | ₹ 2,20,00,000    |
|         | Himachal Pradesh (SCSP)                   | ₹ 4,69,07,812    |
|         | Total                                     | ₹ 33,51,94,996   |
| 2020-21 | Uttar Pradesh                             | 5,23,50,256      |
|         | Meghalaya (TSP)                           | 6,45,77,200      |
|         | Sikkim (NER)                              | 6,00,74,102      |
|         | West Bengal                               | 2,80,00,000      |
|         | Kerala                                    | 3,00,00,000      |
|         | Telangana                                 | 10,68,20,000     |
|         | West Bengal (SCSP)                        | 3,00,00,000      |
|         | West Bengal                               | 2,76,00,000      |

|             | Chattisgarh             | 2,00,00,000       |
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
|             | Chattisgarh (TSP)       | 1,00,00,000       |
|             | Total                   | ₹ 42,94,21,558.00 |
| 2021-22     | Uttar Pradesh           | 6,01,92,000.00    |
|             | Jharkhand (TSP)         | 6,24,32,420.00    |
|             | Nagaland (NER)          | ₹ 10,00,00,000.00 |
|             | Nagaland (TSP)          | ₹ 1,00,00,000.00  |
|             | Kerala                  | ₹ 4,50,00,000.00  |
|             | Arunachal Pradesh       | ₹ 5,69,86,969.00  |
|             | Arunachal Pradesh (TSP) | ₹ 75,67,580.00    |
|             | Bihar                   | ₹ 29,38,941.00    |
|             | Bihar (SCSP)            | ₹ 6,00,00,000.00  |
|             | Karnataka               | ₹ 6,53,83,533.00  |
|             | Odisha                  | ₹ 3,99,96,869.00  |
|             | Regional Projects       | ₹ 7,21,00,000.00  |
|             | Punjab                  | ₹ 1,51,09,994.00  |
|             | Total                   | ₹ 59,77,08,306.00 |
| 2022-23     | Puducherry              | ₹ 3,46,34,141.00  |
|             | Tamil Nadu (SCSP)       | ₹ 2,97,53,206.00  |
|             | Jammu &Kashmir          | ₹ 2,75,79,085.00  |
|             | Telangana               | ₹ 7,32,05,845.00  |
|             | Nagaland                | ₹ 1,33,45,000.00  |
|             | Arunachal Pradesh (NER) | ₹ 3,09,35,929.00  |
|             | Total                   | ₹ 20,94,53,206.00 |
| GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL             | ₹ 5,94,41,79,933  |