All exams GA
In one line
The Union Environment Minister launched implementation guidelines for the National Coastal Mission 2.0 (NCM 2.0) — a Central Sector Scheme with an outlay of ₹767 crore for 2025-26 to 2030-31, across nine coastal States and four Union Territories.
Context
What It Is
Free live session
NABARD Grade A 2026: what the 2025 cut-offs changed, and the 90-day plan
The 2025 cycle was the toughest on record at every stage. This session reads those numbers properly and turns them into a week-by-week plan for Phase 1.
Today · 7:30 PM IST · 75 minutes · free
- A Central Sector Scheme establishing an integrated ecological governance and marine spatial planning framework
- Subsuming NCM 1.0 (2021-22 to 2025-26)
- To protect fragile coastal ecosystems and scale up nature-positive economic activities
- Administered directly by the MoEFCC
Free PDF · print or read offline
Download this page as a PDF
A clean PDF of this page with the C4S header — it opens right away, and the link comes to your WhatsApp too.
Aim
- Protect coastal and marine ecosystems
- Strengthen climate resilience
- Reduce marine pollution
- Sustainably harness India’s Blue Economy toward Viksit Bharat @2047
The Five Thematic Pillars
- Blue Economy growth
- Coastal risk reduction
- Climate adaptation and mitigation
- Capacity building
- Effective project management
Important Facts for Examsmost asked
- NCM 2.0 — ₹767 crore, 2025-26 to 2030-31; 9 coastal States and 4 UTs; administered by MoEFCC
- ICZM — Integrated Coastal Zone Management; the ICZM Project has been World Bank-supported since 2010
- CRZ Notification, 2019 governs coastal regulation; zones CRZ-I to IV
- NCSCM — National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, Chennai, the technical arm
- Blue carbon — carbon stored by mangroves, seagrass and salt marshes; the Indian Sundarbans stores about 24 million tonnes
- India has a coastline of about 7,500 km; 40 per cent of mangroves lost over the past century
- Green Climate Fund — the largest climate fund under the UNFCCC, established 2010
