# J&K gets Rs 11.08 lakh forest fire aid after four years without funds 2026-08-14T00:49:31+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Jammu and Kashmir received Rs 11.08 lakh in central assistance for forest fire prevention in 2025-26, the only funding released to the Union Territory under the scheme in the past five years. The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that no funds were released to J&K under the Forest Fire Prevention and Management scheme in 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, or 2024-25. The Centre also said J&K and Ladakh are not covered under the Mitigation Scheme for Forest Fire Risk Management, a separate programme funded through the National Disaster Mitigation Fund that covers 144 high-priority districts across 19 states with an outlay of Rs 818.92 crore. Nationally, the ministry released Rs 164.90 crore under the FFPM scheme over the same period. The Forest Survey of India operates the FAST 3.0 satellite system for early fire detection. ## Coverage - greaterkashmir.com Tags: Central funding, forest fires, J&K, MoEFCC, NDRF Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/jk-gets-rs-11-08-lakh-forest-fire-aid-after-four-years-without-funds/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/jk-gets-rs-11-08-lakh-forest-fire-aid-after-four-years-without-funds/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.