Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

India achieves two targets of Nationally Determined Contribution well ahead of the time

As a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Paris Agreement, India submitted its first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in the year 2015 comprising, inter-alia, of following two quantifiable targets:

1. To reduce the emissions intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 percent by 2030 from 2005 level; and 
   To achieve about 40 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030.

India updated its NDC

1. India updated its NDC according to which target to reduce emissions intensity of its GDP has been enhanced to 45 percent by 2030 from 2005 level, and
2. the target on cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources has been enhanced to 50% by 2030.