Government of India's Policies on Sustainability

Presented by Bhupendra Singh Rawat (M067) C Aishwarya (M068) Chandan Shaw (M069 Chandra Sekhar Mohapatra (M070) Chouhan Nishant (M071) Darshan C G (M072) Debasis Sahoo (M073)

INDIAS JOURNEY

Beginning of economic reforms in 1980s and early 1990s Increasing environmental concerns started -Earth Summit in Rio, 1992 Faster gross domestic product (GDP) growth over the last two decades

MEASURES TAKEN BY INDIA AS A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATECY

National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) in 2008 Domestic goal of reducing the intensity of carbon emission by 2020 State-level action plans for extension of NAPCC at various levels of governance

MAJOR POLICIES

ENERGY EFFICIENCY POWER PLANTS RENEWABLE ENERGY NUCLEAR ENERGY TRANSPORT

MAJOR POLICIES

AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY MARINE AND COASTAL ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVES FOR ENHANCING KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENRIFIC FINDINGS ENHANCING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY

ENERGY EFFICIENCY National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE) is likely to achieve 23 million tons oil equivalent of fuel savings in coal, gas and petroleum products CO2 emission reduction is estimated to be 98.55 million tons annually Energy conversation act (2001) Empowers government to prescribe energy conservation building codes and energy audits

POWER PLANTS

Ultra super critical power plants operate at higher efficiency Reduction in of coal usage by 2020 Reduction in emission intensity in Indian power sector Plans to retire old and inefficient coal based power generating units

RENEWABLE ENERGY Electricity act 2003 mandates promotion of electricity generation from renewable sources Central Electricity Regulatory Commission(CERC) determines preferable tariffs for renewable energy Development of market based instruments like renewable energy certificate

NUCLEAR ENERGY

Three stage nuclear power programme has been chalked out Plans to install nuclear generation units The nuclear generation capacity has to be increased from present 4780 MW to 20000 MW by 2020

TRANSPORT Up gradation of vehicular emission norms such as Bharat Stage II, III, IV Manufacture of battery operated vehicles like Reva Switch over from petrol and diesel to CNG National urban transport policy emphasizes the usage of extensive public transport facilities Integrated Transport Policy by use of ethanol-blended petrol and biodiesel

AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY

Green India Mission to increase the quantity and quality of forests Financial aid by central government for sustainable forestry management Major policies like Indias National Mission for sustainable agriculture, National Forest Policy(1988) and National Watershed Development Project for Rainfed Areas

INITIATIVES FOR ENHANCING KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS

Scientific studies of various aspects of climate change by INCCA Assessment of climate change in India in four ecological region Updated inventory of carbon emissions for the year 2007

ENHANCING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY Crop improvement and research Poverty alleviations and livelihood preservation Drought proofing and flood control Risk financing Forest conservation Health Rural education and infrastructure

MISSIONS UNDERTAKEN BY GOVT

Government of India has undertaken many projects under sustainability. Some of these are: 1.National Solar Mission: It seeks to deploy 2000 MW of solar electricity capacity in the country by 2020, the first phase(2010-2012) is currently underway during which 1000 MW is planned to be installed. 2. National mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency: It creates new institutional mechanisms to enable the development and energy efficiency market. Various programs have been initiated for e.g. super efficient equipment program(SEEP) to accelerate the deployment of superefficient appliances.

MISSIONS UNDERTAKEN BY GOVT

3. National Mission on Sustainable Habitat: It promotes the introduction of sustainable transport, energy efficient buildings sustainable habitat and sustainable waste management in cities. 4. National Water Mission: It promotes the integrated management of water resources and increase of mission water use efficiency by 20 percent.

MISSIONS UNDERTAKEN BY GOVT 5. National mission for sustaining the Himalayan ecosystem: It establishes an observational and monitoring network for the Himalayan ecosystem environment so as to access climate impacts on the Himalayan glaciers. 6. National mission for Green India: It seeks to afforest an additional 10 million hectares of forest lands, wastelands and community lands.

MISSIONS UNDERTAKEN BY GOVT

7. National mission for sustainable Agriculture: It focuses on enhancing productivity and resilience of agriculture so as to reduce vulnerability to extremes of weather, long dry spells, flooding and variable moisture availability.

MISSIONS UNDERTAKEN BY GOVT 8. National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change: It identifies challenges arising from climate change, promotes the development knowledge on climate change and diffusion of knowledge on responses to these challenges in the areas of health, demography, migration and livelihood of coastal communities.