New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- In my critique of the Economic Survey of 2023-24, I had highlighted how little justice it does to the climate imperatives India is facing. The Economic Survey of 2024-25 offers convoluted arguments that read as an apology for the progress made on mitigation measures and seem to confuse normal development initiatives and resilience-building measures with adaptation imperatives.

The survey, preceding as it does the annual budget, is a document of the government's outlook on economic matters. As such, it is important that a subject as critical as climate change does not receive short shrift. Some of the reasons for my disappointment with the survey's treatment of climate change-related challenges are:

The apparent dism...