The total allocation for the 5 autonomous institutes underneath the Ministry of setting, Forest, and climate change (MoEF&CC) has been reduced in the Union Budget 2021-2022. The bodies in question are the GB Pant Himalayan Institute of atmosphere and Development, the Indian Council of forestry research and education, the Indian Institute of Forest Management, the Indian plywood Industries research and training Institute, and the Wildlife Institute of India.

The allocation of Rs 305.5 crore declared in Union Budget 2021-22 isn't just lower than the previous Budget (Rs 340 crore), it is also not up to the actual expenditure in 2019-20 (Rs 326.5 crore). It is, however, more than the revised estimate for 2020-2021 (Rs 289.45 crore

The reduction in the current allocations and revised figures for 2020-21 could be a result of the ministry was unable to spend the money due to the restrictions induced by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

The allocations made for the Indian plywood Industries analysis and training Institute this year is lower than the revised budget of 2020-21. This year, the institute has been allocated Rs 8.25 crore, whereas the revised figures for 2020-21 was Rs ten.25 crore.

Funds allocated for GB Pant Himalayan Institute of Environment and Development, this year stand at Rs 24 crore, lower than the Rs 28 crore allotted for 2020-21 however over the revised estimate of Rs 16.70 crore.

Rs 25.5 crore was allotted for life Institute of India in Budget 2021-22. This figure was Rs 34 crore for the financial year 2020-21 and was revised to Rs 22 crore.

On September 30 last year, the Ministry of Finance, through its Department of Expenditure had reviewed the bodies under MoEF&CC and recommended disengagement with the Indian plywood Industries analysis and training Institute, Indian Institute of Forest Management, and Wildlife Institute of India.

The director of wildlife Institute of India, Dhananjai Mohan had written to the joint director of the wildlife division of MoEF&CC, R Gopinath, on Oct fifteen. He said the institute has 112 serving and 65 pensioners and gets an annual grant-in-aid of Rs 34 large integer from the ministry.

The ministry, on October 28, wrote to the Prime Minister’s office urging that the proposal for it to disengage with the life Institute of India be reconsidered. However, it united ‘in principle’ to disengage with the Indian Institute of Forest Management.