Budget’s Green Growth-General Knowledge

1. What are the seven priorities of the Budget as listed by the Finance Minister?
2. What is the purpose of the National Green Hydrogen Mission?
3. What is the target of green hydrogen production in India by 2030?
4. What is the allocation for energy transition and net zero objectives in the Budget?
5. What is the purpose of the Green Credit Programme under the Environment (Protection) Act?
6. What is the "PM Programme for Restoration, Awareness, Nourishment and Amelioration of Mother Earth"?
7. What is the GOBARdhan scheme and what is its purpose?
8. What is the aim of Bhartiya Prakritik Kheti Bio-Input Resource Centres?
9. What is the Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes (MISHTI)?
10. What is the purpose of the Amrit Dharohar scheme?
11. What is the government's plan to promote coastal shipping?
12. What is the allocation for vehicle replacement in the Budget?

Answers:

1. The seven priorities of the Budget as listed by the Finance Minister are: Green Growth, Health, Education, Inclusive Development, Rural Development, Physical and Financial Capital, and Institutional Development.
2. The National Green Hydrogen Mission, with an outlay of Rs 19,700 crores, is meant to facilitate the transition of the economy to low carbon intensity, reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports, and make the country assume technology and market leadership in the sunrise sector of green hydrogen.
3. India aims to reach a target of annual production of 5 million metric tons of green hydrogen by 2030.
4. The Budget has provided Rs 35,000 crore for priority capital investments towards energy transition and net zero objectives and energy security by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
5. The Green Credit Programme will incentivize environmentally sustainable and responsive actions by companies, individuals and local bodies, and help mobilize additional resources for such activities.
6. The "PM Programme for Restoration, Awareness, Nourishment and Amelioration of Mother Earth" will be launched to incentivize States and Union Territories to promote alternative fertilizers and balanced use of chemical fertilizers.
7. The GOBARdhan scheme involves setting up 500 new 'waste to wealth' plants to promote the circular economy, including 200 compressed biogas plants and 300 community or cluster-based plants.
8. The aim of Bhartiya Prakritik Kheti Bio-Input Resource Centres is to facilitate 1 crore farmers to adopt natural farming over the next three years by setting up 10,000 Bio-Input Resource Centres.
9. The Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes (MISHTI) involves mangrove plantation along the coastline and on salt pan lands through convergence between MGNREGS, CAMPA Fund, and other sources.
10. The Amrit Dharohar scheme is meant to encourage optimal use of wetlands and enhance bio-diversity, carbon stock, eco-tourism opportunities, and income generation for local communities and will be implemented over the next three years.
11. Coastal shipping will be promoted as an energy efficient and lower-cost mode of transport for passengers and freight through public-private partnership mode with viability gap funding.
12. The Budget has allocated adequate funds to scrap old vehicles of the Central Government and will also support the States in replacing old vehicles and ambulances.