Assam is one of the most vulnerable states to climate change in the Indian Himalayan Region. The state’s climate change action plan (ASAPCC 2.0) includes ambitious plans to institutionalize climate and environmental goals – often called “green goals” – in its public finance management systems and tools. 

CivicDataLab in partnership with the Open Contracting Partnership is providing support to the Government of Assam to help them achieve these goals. Over the last three years, Assam has successfully incorporated open contracting practices into its green public finance management (GPFM) systems, policies and processes, including green public procurement (GPP) and green budgeting, with the latter first introduced in the financial year 2023-24. In 2022, Assam became the first Indian state to share data on its public contracts and spending in the public domain, mapped to Open Contracting Data Standards (OCDS), providing a unique opportunity to analyze its spending against its climate action plan.

ts US$3 billion Green Budget for 2024-25 integrates climate and environmental considerations into public financial planning by setting aside funds for specific green goals so that good intentions can be turned into reality. The Green Budget, which was conceptualized and rolled out in the state with input from CDL, also introduces a tagging methodology to: 

Author: Bernadine Fernz and CivicDataLab

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