Even as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley raised concerns over rising air pollution in his Budget speech, not a single extra paisa was granted to the Union Environment Ministry for this fiscal, while the funds for pollution abatement were slashed, reports news agency IANS. The Environment Ministry is proposed to be allocated Rs 2,675.42 crore in the 2018-19 Union Budget, the same as last year.  For year 2018-19, the government however seems more focused on tree-plantation drive, the sector that saw the biggest shoot in terms of funds allocation for a single programme.