In a first, the Kerala government has introduced an Environment Budget as a separate document along with the State Budget.
It is evaluating environmental impacts of budgetary and fiscal policies and integrating environmental concerns into the policies and programmes of the State.
The document highlights 81 schemes in nine sectors and their Budget allocations in environment-related areas.
The sectors selected for the first Environment Budget are agriculture, livestock, fisheries, forests and wildlife, environment, water resources, cooperation, soil survey, and the energy sector.
The total outlay for environment-related schemes in the Budget allocations for these sectors is approximately ₹668.88 crore for 2024-25.