Gujarat is the first state that has realised the implications of global warming with Chief Minister Narendra Modi floating a new ministerial portfolio for climate change. It is a portfolio that does not exist even in the Union Government yet.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/warming-change
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/uday-mahurkar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/india-today-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat