Kochi: Tackling climate-change driven challenges found mention in the Union Budget 2024-25 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23. The budget pushes for energy security in several ways including building small nuclear energy reactors. Ways to tackle climate events also found place in it, with the central government’s proposal to fund research and development in climate-resistant crops, and managing floods in some states in the north.
However, on most other counts, the budget overlooked the environment. Some experts said that it will remain to be seen how much policy is translated into action; others called it a “lack-lustre” budget.
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