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Spans a 720 km Konkan coastline, drought-prone Marathwada and Vidarbha, the Western Ghats and rapid urban growth in the Mumbai-Pune belt. Eastern districts (Nagpur, Amravati, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli) face the highest projected daytime temperatures; 11 districts are water-stressed and 18 water-scarce; tribal communities in 11 districts depend directly on forest livelihoods threatened by climate stress.

Nodal Department:Department of Environment & Climate Change

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Missions

150

Activities

36

Indicators

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Departments

State Profile

Districts

36

Area

307,713 km²

Population

12.3 Cr

Coastline

720 km

Climate Zones

4

Avg Temperature

27°C

Annual Rainfall

1,400 mm

Forest Cover

17%

Maharashtra's Progress on NAPCC Indicators

National Solar Mission · Showing 1 of 1 indicators

IndicatorUnitCurrent StatusTarget by 2030ProgressBaseline ValueLast UpdatedAction
Total Solar Power Deployment in the country
unitAwaiting data2920%49.351 Dec 2025

About Maharashtra SAPCC

SAPCC Overview

Maharashtra's Maharashtra SAPCC 2.0 (2020–2030) was prepared under MoEFCC's revised framework, led by the Environment and Climate Change Department with the State Climate Action Cell and SKMCCC as nodal technical body. It covers eight priority sectors — Agriculture, Water, Forest & Biodiversity, Tourism, Energy, Habitat, Public Health, Disaster Management — plus Industries, Transport, Tribal Development and cross-cutting Finance & Planning.

Climate profile

  • Mean daytime temperature projected +0.90°C (RCP 4.5) and +1.56°C (RCP 8.5) by the 2030s; night-time +1.04°C and +1.83°C.
  • Eastern divisions (Nagpur, Amravati) see highest daytime temperatures; the five warmest 2030s districts: Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Nandurbar, Yavatmal, Gondia.
  • Daytime temperature extremes projected to rise 2-fold and night-time 5-fold; heavy-rainfall events to increase in Konkan, Pune, Nashik, Thane, Raigad, Sindhudurg and Mumbai.

Climate stress at a glance

  • 11 of 35 districts are water-stressed (<1,700 cu m per-capita) and 18 water-scarce (<1,000 cu m); Vidarbha and Marathwada face seasonal groundwater scarcity; 42.5% of state lies in deficit sub-basins.
  • Forest cover rose from 14.31% (1991) to 16.51% (2021); mangroves span 304 sq km; phenology shifts and prolonged dryness drive forest-fire risk.
  • Tribal communities in 11 districts (Amravati, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Palghar, Thane) face livelihood loss; districts swap between drought- and flood-prone trends.