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India's budget for climate adaptation inadequate: Activists
2016-04-11 02:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Indian government has come under fire after allocating 3.5 billion rupees ($52.8 million) for climate change adaptation over the next two financial years, a sum which environmental experts say is woefully inadequate given the size of the country and the challenges it faces. In a written response to a question by a member of Parliament during a session to discuss the budget, Prakash Javadekar, environment minister, said that the sum allocated to the National Adaptation Fund on Climate Change (NAFCC)...
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