Parliament Question: Funds for Environmental and Climate Challenges

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 12 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2026 Funds for Environmental and Climate Challenges *12. SHRI GURMEET SINGH MEET HAYER:

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

state:

(a) the details of the total budgetary outlays and institutional funds allocated by the Central Government to mitigate critical environmental and climate challenges during the last five year, scheme-wise;

(b) whether the Government has compiled a comprehensive mapping or vulnerability profiling of ecological degradation and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and

(c) the details regarding data on the quantum of performance-linked fiscal grants disbursed under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) and Finance Commission frameworks that are contingent upon tangible, data-backed improvements in ambient air, water and land quality indexes, State-wise? ANSWER MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BHUPENDER YADAV)

(a) to (c) A statement is laid on the Table of the House. ****STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (C) IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 12 FOR REPLY ON 20.07.2026 REGARDING FUNDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHALLENGES ASKED BY SHRI GURMEET SINGH MEET HAYER.

(a) & (b) : The details of scheme-wise total budgetary outlays of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change to mitigate critical environmental and climate challenges during the last five year, scheme-wise is at ANNEXURE-I.

Ecological Degradation is a multisectoral subject involving various stakeholders and is caused by multiple factors- natural and anthropogenic. Government has a robust national framework for mapping and monitoring of ecological degradation using satellite remote-sensing, Geographic Information System (GIS) and field-based observations. Various organisations under Government such as Space Applications Centre (SAC), National Centre for Coastal Research and Geological Survey of India etc. are engaged in vulnerability assessment due to ecological degradation.

Forest Survey of India (FSI) under Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change carries out the assessment of forest and tree cover of the country biennially and the findings are published in the India State of Forest Report (ISFR). The forest cover assessment is a wall-to- wall mapping exercise based on remote sensing supported by intensive ground verification and field data from the National Forest Inventory. ISFR 2023 provides State/UT-wise information on forest cover, tree cover, mangrove cover, growing stock, carbon stock, forest fire monitoring and changes in forest cover, which constitute important indicators for assessing the ecological status of forests.

The Report contains State/UT-wise assessment of forest and tree cover and changes therein, which serve as an important scientific basis for identifying areas requiring conservation, restoration and sustainable forest management interventions. The State/UT-wise assessment of forest and tree cover is given in ANNEXURE-II.

(c) : Government launched National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to improve air quality across 130 cities in 24 States/UTs through a comprehensive, integrated and collaborative approach by involving Central Govt., State Govt. and urban local bodies.

Air quality performance based incentive grant of Rs. 16423.56 crore has been released to 130 cities under National Clean Air Programme for implementation of air quality improvement measures through city action plans. The details of the funds provided for 130 cities are as below:

(i) Rs. 13,561.52 crores released to 48 Million-Plus Cities/ Urban Agglomeration through XVth Finance Commission Million-Plus Cities Challenge Fund during FY 2020-21 till FY 2025-26;

(ii) Rs. 2,862.04 crore to the 82 non-attainment cities though Central Sector Scheme ‘Control of Pollution’ of MoEF&CC during FY 2019-20 till FY 2025-26. State-wise details of funds

provided under NCAP, are enclosed at ANNEXURE-III.The focused actions by 130 cities under NCAP have shown positive results with 108 cities showing reduction in PM10 concentration in 2025-26 with respect to 2017-18, 46 cities have shown reduction in PM10 levels by more than 20% with respect to base year 2017-18 and 26 of these cities have achieved a reduction of more than 40%. A total of 14 Cities have met NAAQS and have PM10 Concentrations less than 60 µg/m3. Details of air quality improvement in 130 cities are enclosed at ANNEXURE-IV.

****ANNEXURE-I Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change: Budgetary Outlay of Schemes for last five years (Rs. in Crores) Sl 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 No.

Revised Revised Revised Revised Revised Scheme / Organisation Estimates Estimates Estimates Estimates Estimates I Central Sector Schemes a Environmental knowledge and

65.00 86.57 75.00 99.94 68.96 capacity Building Environmental Protection, b Management and Sustainable 136.00 93.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Development c National Coastal Management

100.90 4.00 43.30 8.00 7.56 Programme Decision Support System for Environmental Awareness, Policy, Planning and Outcome d Evaluation (Environment 108.00 36.70 80.00 65.00 75.00 Education, Awareness, Research and Skill Development) e Control of Pollution

390.10 600.00 847.50 858.00 1300.00 Total - Central Sector

800.00 820.27 1045.80 1030.94 1451.52 Scheme II Centrally Sponsored Scheme National Mission for a Green a 255.00 214.18 160.00 160.00 95.70 India Integrated Development of b 363.00 305.00 350.00 400.00 265.57 Wildlife Habitat Conservation of Natural c 52.00 30.00 25.00 30.00 30.48 Resources and Ecosystems Total - Centrally Sponsored

670.00 549.18 535.00 590.00 391.75 Scheme Scheme Total 1470.00 1369.45 1580.80 1620.94 1843.27ANNEXURE-II State/UT wise forest and tree cover as per ISFR 2023 (Area in Square kilometre) Percentage of Geographical Forest Cover S.No. State /UT forest and tree Area (GA) and Tree Cover cover 1 Andhra Pradesh 1,62,922.57 35,424.98 21.74 2 Arunachal Pradesh 83,743.22 67,083.20 80.11 3 Assam 78,438.00 30,415.01 38.78 4 Bihar 94,163.00 9,902.66 10.52 5 Chhattisgarh 1,35,192.00 62,350.45 46.12 6 Delhi 1,483.00 371.31 25.04 7 Goa 3,702.00 2,523.54 68.17 8 Gujarat 1,96,244.00 21,648.93 11.03 9 Haryana 44,212.00 3,307.28 7.48 10 Himachal Pradesh 55,673.00 16,435.42 29.52 11 Jharkhand 79,716.00 27,403.33 34.38 12 Karnataka 1,91,791.00 47,033.42 24.52 13 Kerala 38,852.00 24,965.30 64.26 14 Madhya Pradesh 3,08,252.11 85,723.58 27.81 15 Maharashtra 3,07,713.00 65,383.41 21.25 16 Manipur 22,327.00 16,795.28 75.22 17 Meghalaya 22,429.00 17,687.40 78.86 18 Mizoram 21,081.00 18,558.26 88.03 19 Nagaland 16,579.00 12,616.49 76.10 20 Odisha 1,55,707.00 58,597.01 37.63 21 Punjab 50,362.00 3,321.24 6.59 22 Rajasthan 3,42,238.99 27,389.33 8.00 23 Sikkim 7,096.00 3,406.73 48.01 24 Tamil Nadu 1,30,060.00 31,820.94 24.47 25 Telangana 1,12,122.44 24,696.70 22.03 26 Tripura 10,486.00 7,832.33 74.69 27 Uttar Pradesh 2,40,927.56 23,996.72 9.96 28 Uttarakhand 53,483.36 25,534.97 47.74 29 West Bengal 88,752.00 19,770.45 22.28 30 A & N Islands 8,249.00 6,759.89 81.95 31 Chandigarh 114.00 46.18 40.51 Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman 32 602.00 262.45 43.60 & Diu 33 Jammu & Kashmir 2,22,236.00 25,013.36 12.69 34 Ladakh 3,178.94 35 Lakshadweep 29.63 27.26 92.00 36 Puducherry 490.00 73.20 14.94 Total 32,87,468.88 8,27,356.95 25.17ANNEXURE-III State wise fund released in 130 cities of NCAP during FY 2019-20 till FY FY 2025-26 (₹ in crore) S. Funds released Fund released under Total Fund State No. under XVFC CP Scheme Released 1 Andhra Pradesh 399.97 153.66 553.63 2 Assam - 171.66 171.66 3 Bihar 318.99 78.51 397.5 4 Chandigarh - 46.75 46.75 5 Chhattisgarh 332.42 22.47 354.89 6 Delhi - 81.35 81.35 7 Gujarat 1534.38 12 1546.38 8 Haryana 138.97 - 138.97 9 Himachal Pradesh - 25.73 25.73 10 Jammu & Kashmir - 223.7 223.7 11 Jharkhand 489.12 6 495.12 12 Karnataka 535.1 90.84 625.94 13 Madhya Pradesh 934.64 107.51 1042.15 14 Maharashtra 2539.42 283.76 2823.18 15 Meghalaya - 13.09 13.09 16 Nagaland - 31.13 31.13 17 Odisha - 149.99 149.99 18 Punjab 260.62 177.86 438.48 19 Rajasthan 747.91 81.91 829.82 20 Tamil Nadu 788.24 19.21 807.45 21 Telangana 715.9 23.77 739.67 22 Uttar Pradesh 2592.24 840.36 3432.6 23 Uttarakhand - 120.81 120.81 24 West Bengal 1233.6 99.97 1333.57 Total 13561.52 2862.04 16423.56ANNEXURE-IV Improvement in PM10 concentrations of 130 Cities under NCAP in FY 2025-26 w.r.t. FY 2017-18 2017-2018 2025-26 % Average Average improvement Sl.

State Cities concentration concentration in 2025-26 No. (F.Y.) of (F.Y.) of PM w.r.t. FY 10 PM (µg/m3) (µg/m3) 2017-18 10 1 Vijayawada 91 66 27.5 2 Nellore 64 50 21.9 3 Rajahmundry 85 67 21.2 4 Ananthpur 78 64 17.9 5 Kurnool 79 65 17.7 6 Eluru 72 62 13.9 Andhra 7 Kadapa 75 65 13.3 Pradesh 8 Ongole 65 61 6.2 9 Chittoor 70 67 4.3 10 Guntur 66 68 -3.0 11 Vizianagaram 72 76 -5.6 12 Srikakulam 69 75 -8.7 13 Visakhapatnam 76 119 -56.6 14 Sivasagar 73 41 43.8 15 Guwahati 103 73 29.1 Assam 16 Nalbari 87 72 17.2 17 Nagaon 82 68 17.1 18 Silchar 49 52 -6.1 19 Muzaffarpur 147 73 50.3 Bihar 20 Patna 172 112 34.9 21 Gaya 79 97 -22.8 Chandigarh 22 Chandigarh 114 86 24.6 23 Durg- Bhilainagar 86 56 34.9 Chattisgarh 24 Raipur 70 64 8.6 25 Korba 57 68 -19.3 Delhi 26 Delhi 241 200 17.0 27 Surat 130 79 39.2 28 Ahmedabad 164 101 38.4 Gujarat 29 Rajkot 150 94 37.3 30 Vadodara 133 111 16.5 Haryana 31 Faridabad* 229 182 20.5 32 Nalagarh 146 68 53.4 33 Sunder Nagar 78 46 41.0 Himachal 34 Baddi 174 119 31.6 Pradesh 35 Parwanoo 66 47 28.8 36 Kala Amb 118 91 22.92017-2018 2025-26 % Average Average improvement Sl.

State Cities concentration concentration in 2025-26 No. (F.Y.) of (F.Y.) of PM w.r.t. FY 10 PM (µg/m3) (µg/m3) 2017-18 10 37 Damtal 55 56 -1.8 38 Paonta Sahib 84 86 -2.4 Jammu & 39 Srinagar* 132 80 39.4 Kashmir 40 Jammu 157 112 28.7 41 Dhanbad 315 150 52.4 Jharkhand 42 Ranchi 141 108 23.4 43 Jamshedpur 135 148 -9.6 44 Davangere 74 44 40.5 45 Hubli-Dharwad 79 61 22.8 Karnataka 46 Bengaluru 92 76 17.4 Gulbarga / 47 55 Kalaburgi 48 12.7 48 Ujjain 93 69 25.8 49 Jabalpur 101 76 24.8 50 Gwalior 126 115 8.7 Madhya 51 Bhopal 112 103 8.0 Pradesh 52 Indore 82 78 4.9 53 Sagar 73 76 -4.1 54 Dewas 83 90 -8.4 55 Greater Mumbai 161 81 49.7 56 Thane 138 81 41.3 57 Akola 111 67 39.6 58 Badlapur 160 104 35.0 59 Ulhasnagar 153 106 30.7 60 Vasai Virar 99 69 30.3 61 Amravati 102 74 27.5 62 Latur 82 61 25.6 63 Kolhapur 89 72 19.1 Maharashtra 64 Jalna 99 84 15.2 65 Sangli 87 78 10.3 66 Solapur 81 73 9.9 67 Pune 102 97 4.9 68 Nashik 82 80 2.4 69 Navi Mumbai 88 86 2.3 70 Nagpur 100 98 2.0 71 Aurangabad 75 76 -1.3 72 Chandrapur 118 130 -10.2 73 Jalgaon 70 86 -22.9 Meghalaya 74 Byrnihat 175 103 41.1 Nagaland 75 Kohima 127 47 63.02017-2018 2025-26 % Average Average improvement Sl.

State Cities concentration concentration in 2025-26 No. (F.Y.) of (F.Y.) of PM w.r.t. FY 10 PM (µg/m3) (µg/m3) 2017-18 10 76 Dimapur 142 110 22.5 77 Kalinga Nagar 109 92 15.6 78 Rourkela 99 91 8.1 79 Talcher 113 112 0.9 Odisha 80 Balasore 84 88 -4.8 81 Cuttack 93 99 -6.5 82 Bhubaneshwar 85 93 -9.4 83 Angul 97 109 -12.4 84 Amritsar 189 92 51.3 85 Jalandhar 178 103 42.1 86 Naya Nangal 87 59 32.2 87 Khanna 142 98 31.0 Punjab 88 Ludhiana 168 120 28.6 89 Dera Baba Nanak 79 58 26.6 90 Mandi Gobindgarh 148 120 18.9 91 Patiala 106 93 12.3 92 Dera Bassi 88 92 -4.5 93 Jodhpur 189 115 39.2 94 Alwar 152 101 33.6 Rajasthan 95 Kota 139 115 17.3 96 Jaipur 172 143 16.9 97 Udaipur 127 108 15.0 98 Tuticorin 123 65 47.2 99 Trichy 88 52 40.9 Tamil Nadu 100 Madurai 72 47 34.7 101 Chennai 66 69 -4.5 102 Hyderabad 110 80 27.3 Telangana 103 Sangareddy 85 77 9.4 104 Nalgonda 59 70 -18.6 105 Bareilly 207 63 69.6 106 Varanasi 230 75 67.4 107 Firozabad 247 98 60.3 108 Kanpur 227 95 58.1 109 Moradabad 222 95 57.2 Uttar Pradesh 110 Gorakhpur 150 75 50.0 111 Raebareli 145 77 46.9 112 Lucknow 253 135 46.6 113 Agra 202 125 38.1 114 Allahabad 169 106 37.3 115 Jhansi 109 69 36.72017-2018 2025-26 % Average Average improvement Sl.

State Cities concentration concentration in 2025-26 No. (F.Y.) of (F.Y.) of PM w.r.t. FY 10 PM (µg/m3) (µg/m3) 2017-18 10 116 Ghaziabad 285 189 33.7 117 Gajraula 204 141 30.9 118 Noida 229 171 25.3 119 Khurja 195 147 24.6 120 Anpara 175 144 17.7 121 Meerut 159 147 7.5 122 Dehradun 250 101 59.6 Uttarakhand 123 Rishikesh 129 84 34.9 124 Kashipur 99 78 21.2 125 Asansol 147 82 44.2 126 Durgapur 150 87 42.0 127 Kolkata 147 87 40.8 West Bengal 128 Howrah 139 104 25.2 129 Haldia 92 73 20.7 130 Barrackpore 86 78 9.3 * PM levels in the FY 2017-18 for Faridabad and Srinagar are not available. PM levels of FY 10 10 2020-21 for Faridabad and PM levels of FY 2018-19 for Srinagar have been considered as a 10 baseline.