Policies to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
The government has formulated policies to achieve Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG) to mitigate the effect of Climate Change and build
Sustainable cities and communities. The Government is implementing National
Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) which provides an overarching policy
framework for all climate actions. NAPCC comprises of eight core Missions in
specific areas of Solar Energy, Enhanced Energy Efficiency, Sustainable
Habitat, Water, Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystems, Green India, Sustainable
Agriculture and Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change.
33 States and Union Territories have prepared State Action Plan on
Climate Change (SAPCC) consistent with the objectives of NAPCC. Despite having
no binding obligation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC), India announced its voluntary goal to reduce the emission
intensity of its GDP by 20-25% by 2020 in comparison to 2005 level. India has
achieved 24% reduction in emission intensity of its GDP between 2005 and 2016.
Under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), which is a national level
strategy to reduce air pollution levels across the country, City Specific Clean
Air Action Plans have been prepared and rolled out for implementation in 132
non-attainment and million plus cities. These action plans focus on city
specific short/ medium/ long term actions to control air pollution from sources
such as vehicular emission, road dust, burning of biomass/ crop/ garbage/
Municipal Solid Waste, landfills, construction activities, industrial emission.
Several Flagship schemes/missions or programmes to implement SDG 11 by
other ministries are Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban (SBM-U), Atal Mission for Rejuvenation
and Urban Transformation (AMRUT),Smart Cities Mission(SCM), Pradhan Mantri Awas
Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U)and Metro Rail Projects. The government also
supports the 10 Year Framework Programme on Sustainable Consumption and
Production, for which Ministry had published draft notification of regulation
on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Waste Tyre for receiving comments
from public and 'Guidelines on the EPR for Plastic Packaging' under Plastic Waste
Management Rules, 2016 has been notified. Recently the ministry has put ban on
Single Use Plastics to make the environment healthier.
Apart from this, National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP) has
been implemented across eight coastal States with four Main Components; i)
Early Warning Dissemination System; ii) Cyclone Risk Mitigation Infrastructure;
iii) Technical Assistance for Capacity and iv) Project Management and
Monitoring, in two phases i.e. (Phase-I: Andhra Pradesh &Odisha);
(Phase-II: Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra & West Bengal).
Works on Phase-I has been completed in December 2018 & scheduled date of
completion of Phase-II is September 2022.
This information was
given by the Minister of State for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Ashwini
Kumar Choubey in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.