Government of India's Policies on Sustainability

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Government ofIndia's

Policies onSustainability

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)


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INDIAS JOURNEY

Beginning of economic reforms in1980s and early 1990s

Increasing environmental concernsstarted

-Earth Summit in Rio, 1992

Faster gross domestic product (GDP)growth over the last two decades


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MEASURES TAKEN BY INDIA AS ASUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATECY

National Action Plan on ClimateChange (NAPCC) in 2008

Domestic goal of reducing theintensity of carbon emission by 2020

State-level action plans for extension

of NAPCC at various levels ofgovernance


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MAJOR POLICIES

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

POWER PLANTS

RENEWABLE ENERGY

NUCLEAR ENERGY

TRANSPORT


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MAJOR POLICIES

AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

MARINE AND COASTAL

ENVIRONMENTINITIATIVES FOR ENHANCING

KNOWLEDGE AND SCIENRIFICFINDINGS

ENHANCING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY


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ENERGY EFFICIENCY

National Mission for EnhancedEnergy Efficiency (NMEEE) is likelyto achieve 23 million tons oilequivalent of fuel savings in coal,

gas and petroleum products

CO2 emission reduction is estimatedto be 98.55 million tons annually

Energy conversation act (2001) Empowers government to prescribeenergy conservation building codesand energy audits


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POWER PLANTS

Ultra super critical power plantsoperate at higher efficiency

Reduction in of coal usage by 2020Reduction in emission intensity in

Indian power sector

Plans to retire old and inefficient coalbased power generating units


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RENEWABLE ENERGY

Electricity act 2003 mandatespromotion of electricity generationfrom renewable sources

Central Electricity RegulatoryCommission(CERC) determinespreferable tariffs for renewableenergy

Development of market basedinstruments like renewable energycertificate


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NUCLEAR ENERGY

Three stage nuclear powerprogramme has been chalked out

Plans to install nuclear generationunits

The nuclear generation capacity hasto be increased from present 4780MW to 20000 MW by 2020


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TRANSPORT

Up gradation of vehicular emissionnorms such as Bharat Stage II, III, IV

Manufacture of battery operated vehicleslike Reva

Switch over from petrol and diesel toCNG

National urban transport policy

emphasizes the usage of extensivepublic transport facilities

Integrated Transport Policy by use of

ethanol-blended petrol and biodiesel


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AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY

Green India Mission to increase thequantity and quality of forests

Financial aid by central

government for sustainableforestry management

Major policies like Indias NationalMission for sustainable agriculture,

National Forest Policy(1988) andNational Watershed DevelopmentProject for Rainfed Areas


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INITIATIVES FOR ENHANCINGKNOWLEDGE AND SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS

Scientific studies of various aspectsof climate change by INCCA

Assessment of climate change inIndia in four ecological region

Updated inventory of carbonemissions for the year 2007


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ENHANCING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY

Crop improvement and research

Poverty alleviations and livelihoodpreservation

Drought proofing and flood controlRisk financing

Forest conservation

Health

Rural education and infrastructure


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MISSIONS UNDERTAKEN BY GOVT

Government of India has undertaken manyprojects under sustainability. Some of these are:1.National Solar Mission:

It seeks to deploy 2000 MW of solar electricitycapacity in the country by 2020, the first

phase(2010-2012) is currently underway duringwhich 1000 MW is planned to be installed.2. National mission for Enhanced EnergyEfficiency:

It creates new institutional mechanisms toenable the development and energy efficiency

market. Various programs have been initiated fore.g. super efficient equipment program(SEEP) toaccelerate the deployment of superefficientappliances.


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3. National Mission on SustainableHabitat:

It promotes the introduction ofsustainable transport, energy efficientbuildings sustainable habitat andsustainable waste management in cities.

4. National Water Mission:

It promotes the integrated managementof water resources and increase ofmission water use efficiency by 20percent.


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5. National mission for sustaining theHimalayan ecosystem:

It establishes an observational andmonitoring network for the Himalayan

ecosystem environment so as to accessclimate impacts on the Himalayanglaciers.

6. National mission for Green India:

It seeks to afforest an additional 10million hectares of forest lands,wastelands and community lands.


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7. National mission for sustainableAgriculture:

It focuses on enhancing productivityand resilience of agriculture so as toreduce vulnerability to extremes ofweather, long dry spells, flooding and

variable moisture availability.


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8. National Mission on StrategicKnowledge for Climate Change:

It identifies challenges arising from

climate change, promotes thedevelopment knowledge on climatechange and diffusion of knowledge onresponses to these challenges in the

areas of health, demography,migration and livelihood of coastalcommunities.

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