Lok Sabha Question No. 314 (STARRED), answered on 2015-08-11
Subject: National Action Plan on Climate Change
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE

OIH

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

**LOK SABHA**

**STARRED QUESTION NO.314**

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2015

**National Action Plan on Climate Change**

*314.DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE:

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

(a) 	the present status of implementation of the National Action Plan on Climate Change 	(NAPCC) in the country;

(b) 	whether the Government has directed the States to prepare their own action plan on 	climate change, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(c) 	the names of the States which are yet to prepare State Action Plan on Climate Change 	(SAPCC) along with the follow-up action taken by the Government in this regard; and

(d) 	whether there is any proposal to merge SAPCC with NAPCC and if so, the details 	thereof and the reasons therefor including the initiatives under taken by the Government 	in this regard?

**ANSWER**

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST

(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

1. To (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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**Statement referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 314 by Dr. Subhash Bhamre regarding ‘National Action Plan on Climate Change’**

(a) The Government launched National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) in 2008 with eight missions in specific areas of energy efficiency, solar energy, sustainable habitat, water, Himalayan ecosystem, forestry, agriculture and strengthening the scientific knowledge on climate change. These missions form the core of the NAPCC in context of mitigation and adaptation aspects of climate change. All the missions are anchored by the respective nodal ministries/ departments and are under various stages of implementation. The Executive Committee on Climate Change (ECCC) and the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change (PMCCC) have been reviewing the progress of National Missions under NAPCC. The ECCC reviewed the progress made upto March 2015 in its meeting held on 02.05.2015. The status of implementation of the eight National Missions under NAPCC till June 2015 is given at **Annexure I** .

(b) States have been requested to prepare State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) in line with the objectives of NAPCC. So far 27 States and 5 union territories have prepared their SAPCC, namely, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh including Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odhisa, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.

(c)  Goa, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli are yet to prepare SAPCCs. The Government is pursuing with the governments of the respective state and union territories to finalize the SAPCC.

(d) There is no proposal to merge SAPCC with NAPCC.

**Annexure-I**

**Annexure-I referred to part (a) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 314 by Dr. Subhash Bhamre regarding ‘National Action Plan on Climate Change’**

**Summary of the status of implementation made under National Missions as on 30.06.2015**

| **S. No.**   | **Mission**                                                | **Objective**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | **Progress of Key Deliverables**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|              | National Solar Mission                                     | To install 20,000 MW and 2,000 MW of grid and off-grid solar power respectively and 20 million sq. m of solar thermal collector area by 2022.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | - Installed 3,967.61 MW of grid-connected solar generation capacity. - Installed 376.5 MW of off-grid solar generation capacity - Total CO 2 reduction 15.6 Million Tones (as on December 2014)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|              | National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency            | To achieve growth with ecological sustainability by devising cost-effective energy efficient strategies for end-use demand-side management. After 5 years of implementation of the mission it is estimated that by 2015, about 23 million tons-of-oil-equivalent of fuel savings will be achieved every year along with an expected avoided capacity addition of 19,000 MW. | - Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) Cycle-1 is completed in March, 2015. - The Monitoring and Verification and submission of Performance Assessment Documents by 478 Designated Consumers of 8 energy intensive industrial sectors participating in the PAT Cycle-I is under process. - Distributed about 9.74 million Light Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs (7 watts). - Total CO 2 emission reduction of 53.77 Million Tones.                                                                                                    |
|              | National Mission on Sustainable  Habitat                   | Promotes energy efficiency in buildings, management of solid waste and modal shift to public transport including transport options based on bio-diesel and hydrogen.  Initiation of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) whose deliverables include construction of 1.04 crore units of individual household latrines                                                                | - Energy Conservation Building Code 2007 made mandatory for new as well as old buildings. - 10,000 buses have been provided to promote public transport since 2013. - DPRs for 5 metro projects under consideration. - 3.83 lakh units of individual household latrines, including conversion of pit latrines & insanitary latrines into sanitary latrines, have been constructed.                                                                                                                                       |
|              | National  Water  Mission                                   | Conservation of water, minimizing wastage and enhancing water use efficiency by 20%.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | - Revised National Water Policy (2012) adopted by National Water Resources Council. - National Water Resources Information Centre has been set up. - Master Plan for Artificial recharge of aquifers to promote ground water in India has been prepared.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|              | National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem    | Evolving management measures for sustaining and safeguarding the Himalayan glaciers and mountain eco-system                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | - Established 6 new centres relevant to climate change in existing institutions in Himalayan states. - 7 State level knowledge Centres one each in J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram and Meghalaya have been established. - 4 Institutions viz. Kashmir University, Jammu University, Sikkim University and JNU were strengthened under an Inter-University Consortium in Cryospheric research last year. - Created an observational network to monitor the health of the Himalayan ecosystem. |
|              | Green India Mission                                        | Focuses on enhancing ecosystem services and carbon sinks through afforestation on degraded lands. Aims to increase forest/tree cover on 5 million hectare of forest/non-forest lands and improve quality of forest cover on another 5 million ha during mission period.                                                                                                     | - Implementation guidelines have been finalized. - 11 States have submitted proposals to develop 33 landscapes with a total working area of 0.85 lakh hectares. - Perspective Plans for implementation of GIM in six States, viz, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Karnataka involving total financial outlay of Rs. 2468.00 crore and Annual Plan of Operation for first year for Rs.142.56 crores were approved.                                                                              |
|              | National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture               | Develop strategies to make Indian agriculture more resilient to climate change such as development of new crop varieties resistant to heat, fire, drought etc., new credit and insurance mechanisms and improving productivity of rain-fed agriculture.                                                                                                                     | - Developed 0.09 lakh hectares of degraded land. - System for rice intensification (SRI) has been extended to 9.14 lakh ha                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|              | National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change | Research & development support to all missions and developing new climate resilient technologies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | - 3 regional climate models developed. - 2 Global Technology Watch Groups one each on Clean Coal Technology and Solar Energy has been set up. 2 more are being planned this year as well. - 2 knowledge networks one each on Climate Modelling and Human Health have been set up. 2 State level Knowledge Network Centres one each in Madhya Pradesh and Punjab have also been set up.                                                                                                                                       |