National Coastal Mission Scheme:
The Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change informed the Lok Sabha about the National Coastal Scheme.
- National Coastal Mission Scheme was launched in 2014.
- It has been envisaged under the National Action Plan on Climate Change.
- It aims to address the impact of climate change on coastal and marine ecosystems, infrastructure and communities in coastal areas through a combination of adaptation and mitigation measures.
- It is under the National Coastal Management Program and is implemented with the following components:
- Management Action Plan on Conservation of Mangroves and Coral Reefs
- Research & Development in Marine and Coastal ecosystem
- Sustainable Development of Beaches under Beach Environment & Aesthetic Management Service
- Capacity Building / Outreach Programme of Coastal States/UTs on conservation of marine and coastal ecosystems including beach cleaning drive.
- The implementing agencies of NCM are the State Governments of Coastal States and Union Territory (UT) Administrations.
