Acknowledging that national climate change missions have not achieved "expected" progress, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the government is taking steps to speed up implementation of these programmes. Towards the eight national climate missions, little over Rs 4,406 crore has been spent since 2011-12 till end of December 2014, Javadekar told the Lok Sabha. In the last four years, the progress "expected" in regard to implementation of national climate change missions "has not happened", he said during Question Hour.
However, Javadekar, who is the Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, said in the past nine months efforts have been made to speed up the activities.

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