Lok Sabha Question No. 177 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-22
Subject: Study Centre for Climate Change in Sikkim
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Dr. Indra Hang Subba

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 177

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2024

## Study Centre for climate Change in Sikkim

## 177. DR. INDRA HANG SUBBA:

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

- (a) Whether any study centre for climate change has been established in the state of Sikkim, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) If not, whether the Government has any plans to establish such centre; and
- (c) the details of funds allocated and utilised by the Government for the study of climate change during the last five years, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a) and  (b)  The  State  Climate  Change  Cell  under  National  Mission  for  Sustaining  the Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE), anchored by Department of Science and Technology (DST) as a part of National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), has been established in the state of Sikkim in the Year 2014 in project mode funded by DST.  The centre provides assistance to state to take up vulnerability and risk assessment, human capacity building programmes, public awareness programmes and institutional capacity building.

- (c) The details of funds allocated and utilized for the study of climate change during the last five years, state-wise is attached as Annexure-I.

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## Annexure-I

St a t e - w i s e   d e t a i l s   o f   f u n d s   a l l o c a t e d   a n d   u t i l i z e d   f o r   t h e   s t u d y

## of   c l i m a t e   c h a n g e   d u r i n g   t h e   l a s t   f i v e   y e a r s

|   Sl . No. | St ate            |   Total Amount Allocated Rs. (in Lakhs) | FY      | Release Rs. (in Lakhs)   |
|------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------|--------------------------|
|          1 | Arunachal Pradesh |                                   320.6 | 2019-20 | 260.1                    |
|          2 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                   128.8 |         | 121.5                    |
|          3 | Madhya Pradesh    |                                   281.2 |         | 110.5                    |
|          4 | Assam             |                                  1476.6 |         | 976.4                    |
|          5 | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                   785.2 |         | 574.6                    |
|          6 | Sikkim            |                                   680.4 |         | 554.5                    |
|          7 | Mizoram           |                                   453.1 |         | 369.9                    |
|          8 | Uttarakhand       |                                   206.3 |         | 219.0                    |
|          9 | Manipur           |                                   214.4 | 2020-21 | 141.4                    |
|         10 | Sikkim            |                                   272.3 |         | 196.1                    |
|         11 | Punjab            |                                   273.1 |         | 116                      |
|         12 | Tripura           |                                   149.2 |         | 6 0. 0                   |
|         13 | Himachal Pradesh  |                                   393.7 |         | 250.1                    |
|         14 | Delhi             |                                   952.6 | 2021-22 | 427.4                    |
|         15 | Uttarakhand       |                                  1613.4 |         | 939.6                    |
|         16 | Chandigarh (UT)   |                                   233.8 |         | 117                      |
|         17 | Mizoram           |                                   239.9 |         | 149.0                    |
|         18 | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                   394.3 |         | 120.2                    |
|         19 | Goa               |                                   274   |         | 110.6                    |
|         20 | Jharkhand         |                                   262.6 |         | 56.4                     |
|         21 | Haryana           |                                   271.9 |         | 155.9                    |
|         22 | Karnataka         |                                   515.3 |         | 181.2                    |
|         23 | Delhi             |                                   138   |         | 7.40                     |
|         24 | Uttarakhand       |                                   256.4 | 2022-23 | 6 8. 1                   |
|         25 | Maharashtra       |                                   372.7 |         | 160.6                    |
|         26 | Uttar Pradesh     |                                   266.8 |         | 5 3. 2                   |
|         27 | Kerala            |                                   259.7 |         | 58.8                     |
|         28 | Puducherry (UT)   |                                   245.9 |         | 6 2. 1                   |
|         29 | Telangana         |                                   266.5 |         | 7 0. 7                   |
|         30 | Tamil Nadu        |                                   204.8 |         | 4 6. 8                   |

|   31. | West Bengal       |   278.7 |         | 5 0. 0   |
|-------|-------------------|---------|---------|----------|
|    32 | Arunachal Pradesh |   257   |         | 111.9    |
|    33 | Delhi             |   421.2 |         | 150.1    |
|    34 | Chhattisgarh      |   231.1 |         | 4 5. 2   |
|    35 | Ladakh            |   360.3 |         | 98.0     |
|    36 | Nagaland          |   251.4 |         | 5 4. 2   |
|    37 | Meghalaya         |   213.5 |         | 42.9     |
|    38 | Uttar Pradesh     |   577.1 |         | 384.1    |
|    39 | Gujarat           |   281.8 |         | 161.7    |
|    40 | Uttarakhand       |   296.8 |         | 204.7    |
|    41 | Arunachal Pradesh |   117.5 |         | 7 0. 5   |
|    42 | Jammu & Kashmir   |    73.3 |         | 3 3. 5   |
|    43 | Uttar Pradesh     |   573.4 | 2024-25 | 216.5    |
|    44 | Uttarakhand       |   672   | 2024-25 | 139.6    |
|    45 | Delhi             |   110.2 | 2024-25 | 42.9     |