Lok Sabha Question No. 825 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-01
Subject: Environmental Awareness
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 825

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.03.2016

## Environmental Awareness

## 825. SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  created  awareness  on  environmental  issues  at  the village level and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  there  is  any  proposal  for  training  and  capacity  -  building  to  cope  with natural calamities and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the time by which the said proposal is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI   PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) Environment,  Education,  Awareness  and  Training  (EEAT)  scheme  of  the  Ministry was  launched  in 1983-84  with  the basic objective  to  promote  environmental awareness among all sections of the society and to mobilize people's participation for preservation  and  conservation  of  environment.  This  scheme  is  dealing  with  nonformal education and has an impact on educating the people and bringing awareness about conservation and upgradation of environment.
- (b) and (c) Under the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project being implemented by Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change with the assistance of the World Bank that has been approved by CCEA in March, 2010. In this Project there is a  component  for  capacity  building  that  has  been  revised  in  July,  2015  with  a  total budget  outlay  of  Rs.64.76  crore.  Under  this  capacity  building  various  training programmes, workshops, seminar, etc., are being organized for the coastal communities, stakeholders in the coastal areas and other Governmental Departments including  at  village  level  in  the  areas  of  coastal  disaster  management,  ecosystem conservation and management sustainable development in coastal areas etc. Presently the above Project is being implemented in the coastal States of Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal. The above capacity building activity alongwith all other activities shall be completed by December, 2017.

Also as per the information received from National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM)  Government  of  India  has  established  a  National  Institute  of  Disaster Management,  a  statutory  body  under  the  Disaster  Management  Act  2005,  by upgrading  the  erstwhile  National  Centre  for  Disaster  Management  (under  Indian Institute of Public Administration), and mandated for training and capacity building including research,  documentation, policy planning and awareness on all aspects  of disaster  management.  As per  the  mandate  given  in  the  National  DM  Act  2005,  the NIDM  has  developed  a  National  Human  Resource  Development  Plan  on  Disaster Management  and  Risk  Reduction  in  year  2012.  National  Institute  of  Disaster Management  coordinates  with  various  national,  state  and  international  agencies  in organizing training programmes.