Under India's updated State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) for 2025, which sector received the highest budgetary allocatio…

Question

Under India's updated State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) for 2025, which sector received the highest budgetary allocation for climate adaptation?

1. A. Transport
2. B. Urban Planning
3. C. Agriculture and Water Resources (Correct answer)
4. D. Renewable Energy

Correct Answer

Option C — Agriculture and Water Resources

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Agriculture and Water Resources.

Key Points

• State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCCs) translate the national climate strategy into state-level action, and their adaptation budgets are directed where climate risk bites hardest.
• Agriculture and water resources receive the largest adaptation allocation, because Indian agriculture is heavily monsoon-dependent and directly exposed to erratic rainfall, drought and heat stress, with a very large share of the workforce relying on it.
• Transport, urban planning and renewable energy sit mainly under mitigation — reducing emissions — rather than adaptation to impacts already occurring.

Additional Information

• The distinction is central: mitigation reduces greenhouse gas emissions, while adaptation builds resilience to impacts that cannot now be avoided.
• SAPCCs flow from the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), 2008, which has eight national missions, including the National Solar Mission, the National Water Mission and the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture.
• India's Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement include reaching about 50% of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil sources by 2030 and net zero by 2070.

प्रश्न (हिन्दी में)

2025 के लिए भारत की अद्यतन जलवायु परिवर्तन पर राज्य कार्य योजना (SAPCC) के तहत, किस क्षेत्र को जलवायु अनुकूलन के लिए सबसे अधिक बजटीय आवंटन प्राप्त हुआ?

1. A. परिवहन
2. B. शहरी नियोजन
3. C. कृषि और जल संसाधन
4. D. नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा