evidence: After the project was declared a National Project, Ministry of Finance informed that it will provide 100% of the remaining cost of the irrigation component only, for the period starting from 01st April, 2014, to the extent of the cost of the irrigation component on that date. After this, CA of Rs. 3364.16 crore has been released for this project from 01st April, 2014 to 31st March, 2017. During 2017-18 CA of Rs. 979.36 crore has been released and another Rs. 1020.64 Cr. has been sanctioned. http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=176392 (PIB, 8 Feb. 2018) [...] Allocations to environment sector increased in Budget 2018-19 – National Bamboo Mission, an outlay of Rs. 1290 crore has been made to promote bamboo sector in a holistic manner. – Rs. 160 crore has been earmarked for the Green India Mission (National Afforestation Programme), which marks an increase of 48.8% over the previous allocation.