New Delhi, March 3 -- On February 25, with the approval of the budget for financial year 2025-26, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) became India's first urban local body to include a separate climate chapter as part of its main budget.

Titled "sustainable and climate budget", the chapter has earmarked over a third of AMC's total budget of Rs.15,502 crore - Rs.5,619.58 crore - for climate action. This outlay will be used to implement a net-zero climate resilient city action plan in line with India's net zero target of 2070, officials said.

The development raises the question of whether the country's other metro cities need to plan similar proposals - the recent Rs.17,000 crore budget presented by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (M...