India working on developing roadmap for NDC implementation: Harsh Vardhan

New Delhi, Aug 31: India is working on developing a roadmap for implementation of Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and has constituted a committee and six thematic sub-committees involving key ministries and departments. At the Business and Climate Summit 2017 organised by FICCI here today, Environment Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said to achieve the goals, the Government was implementing the National Action Plan on Climate Change which encompasses eight national missions representing multi-pronged, long term and integrated strategies for achieving key goals in the context of climate change. On the Government's ambitious target of 175 GW renewable energy by 2022, the Minister said the country so far had already achieved 58.3 GW. He said the Government had also distributed energy efficient appliances including 23.39 cr LED, while more than 2.8-cr LPG connections have been released to women below poverty line under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. The Minister said the International Solar Alliance which was jointly launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Government of France provided a common platform where global community, including bilateral and multilateral organisations could make positive contribution to the common goals of increasing utilisation of solar energy in meeting energy needs of ISA member countries in a safe and sustainable manner. UNI