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State Level Steering Committee (SLSC)
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Government of India has established the National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change(NAFCC) for scaling-up Climate Change adaptation interventions in accordance with National Action Plans for Climate Change (NAPCC) and State Action Plans for Climate Change (SAPCC).
In the minutes of the 06th meeting of the SLSC for NAFCC held on 05-01-2021, the members has been decided to constitute a State Governing Council comprising the following:
| 1 | Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of Goa | Chairperson |
| 2 | Minister for Environment& Climate Change, Government of Goa | Co-Chairperson |
| 3 | Chief Secretary, Government of Goa | Co-Chairperson |
| 4 | Secretary (Forest) | Member |
| 5 | Principal Chief Conservator of Forest | Member |
| 6 | Secretary (Environment & Climate Change) | Member |
| 7 | Secretary (Agriculture) | Member |
| 8 | Secretary (Fisheries) | Member |
| 9 | Secretary (Transport) | Member |
| 10 | Secretary (Water Resources) | Member |
| 11 | Secretary (Non-Conventional Energy) | Member |
| 12 | Secretary (Town and Country Planning) | Member |
| 13 | Secretary (Finance) | Member |
| 14 | Secretary (Revenue) | Member |
| 15 | Member Secretary, Goa State Biodiversity Board | Nodal Officer |
| 16 | Dr.Lidita D. S. Khandeparkar, Principal Scientist, NIO | Expert Member |
| 17 | Shri Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi, Asst. Professor, BITS Pilani | Expert Member |
In the minutes of the 6th meeting of the SLSC for NAFCC held on 05-01-2021, the members have been decided to constitute a Climate Change Cell comprising the following:
| 1 | Secretary – Environment & Climate Change | In-charge |
| 2 | The Collector, North Goa [Member Secretary, Disaster Management Cell (North)] | Member |
| 3 | The Collector, South Goa [Member Secretary, Disaster Management Cell (South)] | Member |
| 4 | Member Secretary, Goa State Pollution Control Board | Member |
| 5 | Member Secretary, Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority | Member |
| 6 | Member Secretary, Goa Energy Development Agency | Member |
| 7 | The Member Secretary, Goa State Biodiversity Board (Climate Change Cell Staff will behoused at GSBB) | Nodal Officer |
| 8 | Director, Department of Environment &Climate Change | Convenor |
Advisor (three members) – European Union (EU)representative in India, looking after Goa Region, representative of NABCONs and representative of NABARD.
In accordance with the implementation guidelines for NAFCC para 7. 2 (iv) issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), a State Level Steering Committee (SLSC) was constituted under the Chairmanship of the Chief Secretary andrepresentatives of the relevant Stakeholder Departments and NABARD to co-ordinate the preparation and submission of the projects in the State.
Accordingly, the Government of Goa, Re-constituted the State Level Steering Committee(SLSC) for National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) comprising the following composition.
| 1 | Chief Secretary | Chairperson |
| 2 | Secretary (Forest) | Member |
| 3 | Principal Chief Conservator of Forest | Member |
| 4 | Secretary (Environment & Climate Change) | Member |
| 5 | Secretary (Agriculture) | Member |
| 6 | Secretary (Health) | Member |
| 7 | Secretary (Non-Conventional Energy) | Member |
| 8 | Secretary (Transport) | Member |
| 9 | Secretary (Revenue) | Member |
| 10 | Secretary (Finance) | Member |
| 11 | The Collector, North Goa [Member Secretary,Disaster ManagementCell (North)] | Member |
| 12 | The Collector, South Goa [Member Secretary,Disaster ManagementCell (South)] | Member |
| 13 | Director, Indian MeteorologicalDepartment, Panaji | Member |
| 14 | Director, Department of Animal Husbandry andVeterinary Services | Member |
| 15 | Director, Directorate of Health | Member |
| 16 | Director, Directorate ofTransport | Member |
| 17 | Director, Department of Science and Technology | Member |
| 18 | Director, Department ofTourism | Member |
| 19 | Director, Department of Agriculture | Member |
| 20 | Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department | Member |
| 21 | Chief Town Planner (A), Town and CountryPlanning Department | Member |
| 22 | Chief Electrical Engineer, Department of Electricity | Member |
| 23 | Director, Department of Fisheries | Member |
| 24 | Member Secretary, Goa State Pollution ControlBoard | Member |
| 25 | Member Secretary, Goa Energy Development Agency | Member |
| 26 | Member Secretary, GoaCoastal Zone ManagementAuthority | Member |
| 27 | Head of Nodal Agency, Goa State WetlandAuthority | Member |
| 28 | Dean, School of Earth, Ocean and AtmosphericSciences, Goa University | Member |
| 29 | General Manager, NABARD or his/hernominee | Member |
| 30 | The Member Secretary, Goa State Biodiversity Board | Nodal Officer |
| 31 | Director, Department of Environment & ClimateChange | Convenor |