Lok Sabha Question No. 187 (STARRED), answered on 2016-11-29
Subject: Carbon Capture Sequestration
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: HEMAMALINI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 187

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2016

## Carbon Capture Sequestration

- *187 SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether adequate steps have been taken to contain carbon emission in the country, and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to adopt Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) as a strategy to curtail carbon emission in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  made  any  effort  for  international  cooperation  with G-8  countries  as  part  of  the  global  initiative  to  mitigate  the  impact  of  global warming and climate change and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

(a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House

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## Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 187 by SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI regarding 'Carbon Capture Sequestration'

(a) The Government has taken several steps to contain carbon emission in the country through  the  implementation  of  National  Action  Plan  on  Climate  Change  (NAPCC), comprising of eight missions in specific areas of solar energy, enhanced energy efficiency, habitat, water, sustaining Himalayan ecosystems, forestry, agriculture and strategic knowledge  for  climate  change.  Further,  32  States/Union  Territories  have  prepared  State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC) consistent with the objectives of NAPCC.

As per Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) submitted to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in October 2015, India is committed to reduce the  emissions  intensity  of  its  GDP  by  33  to  35%  by  2030,  achieve  about  40%  cumulative electric  power  installed  capacity  from  non-fossil  fuel  based  energy  resources  by  2030  and create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030.

(b) The  Government  strategy  for  addressing  climate  change,  at  present,  does  not specifically include Carbon Storage and Sequestration. However, the CSIR laboratories are engaged in R&D activities for developing a number of materials and technologies that can selectively capture, store and utilize CO2. Its laboratories have undertaken R&D projects on clean  coal  technologies  during  11 th as  well  as  12 th Five  Year  Plan  period  which  included development of materials and processes for CO2 sequestration. Under the projects, efforts are made  to  sequester  CO2  by  both  chemical  and  biological  means.  The  Ministry  of  Earth Sciences has also commissioned research projects in sequestration techniques and geoengineering.

(c) India  engages  with  all  of  its  partners,  including  the  G-8,  to  promote  international cooperation on issues relating to global climate change. At the recently concluded G-20 at Hangzhou, China from 4-5 September 2016, India with its partners committed to promote sustainable  development  and  address  climate  change  through  actions  in  various  areas including Infrastructure, Agriculture, Food Security & Nutrition, Climate Finance & Green Finance, Innovation and Global Health.

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