Lok Sabha Question No. 268 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: National Environment Awareness Campaign
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR, RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 268

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2016

## National Environment Awareness Campaign

## 268. SHRI  NAGAR RODMAL:

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

- (a) the details of activities taken up under the National Environment Awareness Campaign (NEAC) in various States of the country;
- (b) the funds allocated, released and utilised under the NEAC during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise; and
- (c)       the steps/measures taken by the Government to implement the NEAC effectively in the country?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) The  National  Environment  Awareness  Campaign  (NEAC)  is  a  theme  based  programme. Each  year  a  theme  is  identified  around  which  the  awareness  and  action  component  are focussed.  The  awareness activities taken up include holding workshops, training courses, camps, padyatras, rallies, public meetings, competitions, preparation and use of audio-visual materials,  folk  media  and  street  theatre  etc.  The  action  components  carried  out  include planting of saplings, vermi-composting, creation of water conservation/harvesting structures, cleaning of water bodies, waste management through segregation of wastes etc.
- (b)  There is no state wise allocation of funds under the programme. The funds are released to Regional  Resource  Agencies  (RRAs)  as  per  the  approved  proposals  and  utilised  by  the participating organisations in each state. The details of financial assistance provided during each of the last three years and the current year, State -wise is Annexed.
- (c)  Regional Resource Agencies have been appointed by the Ministry to implement the NEAC effectively and also for physical monitoring of the activities by the approved organizations at the field  level.

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State-wise details of financial assistance provided to RRAs under NEAC Programme

| S.No.   | State                    | Amount (2014-15)   | Amount (2013-14)   |
|---------|--------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh           | 8215000            | 7623250            |
| 2       | Andaman & Nicobar Island | 537000             | 373100             |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh        | -                  | 20000              |
| 4       | Assam                    | 5884000            | 3934000            |
| 5       | Bihar                    | 9110000            | 8000000            |
| 6       | Chhattisgarh             | 1680000            | 1840000            |
| 7       | Dadar &Nagar Haveli      | -                  | -                  |
| 8       | Daman & Diu              | -                  | 70000              |
| 9       | Delhi                    | 1218000            | 1319000            |
| 10      | Goa                      | -                  | -                  |
| 11      | Gujarat                  | 8354000            | 7571000            |
| 12      | Haryana                  | 9197800            | 5770350            |
| 13      | Himachal Pradesh         | 7836000            | 5713500            |
| 14      | Jammu & Kashmir          | 11565000           | 9109700            |
| 15      | Jharkhand                | 2992000            | 2062000            |
| 16      | Karnataka                | 2630000            | 2696900            |
| 17      | Kerala                   | 3530000            | 2996050            |
| 18      | Lakshadweep              | -                  | -                  |
| 19      | Madhya Pradesh           | 8128000            | 7315000            |
| 20      | Maharashtra              | 9939000            | 8543100            |
| 21      | Manipur                  | 3316000            | 2775000            |
| 22      | Meghalaya                | -                  | 82000              |
| 23      | Mizoram                  | 3412500            | 2700000            |
| 24      | Nagaland                 | 1862000            | 1705000            |
| 25      | Orissa                   | 11314000           | 10438000           |
| 26      | Puducherry               | 716000             | 698000             |
| 27      | Punjab & Chandigarh      | 5767000            | 5641800            |
| 28      | Rajasthan                | 2950000            | 2739000            |
| 29      | Sikkim                   | 1127000            | 1000000            |
| 30      | Tamil Nadu               | 6416000            | 5882500            |
| 31      | Tripura                  | 3755000            | 3182000            |
| 32      | Uttar Pradesh            | 13570000           | 12674000           |
| 33      | Uttarakhand              | 1290000            | 1215000            |
| 34      | West Bengal              | 9642000            | 8706000            |
|         | Total                    | 155953300          | 134395150          |

(Note :- For FY 2015-16 due to shortage of funds NEAC was not launched. For 2016-17, the programme is yet to be launched.)