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Petitioners sought to prevent indiscriminate tree cutting and unauthorized constructions near the Bhimtal Lake area in Uttarakhand state which were damaging the fragile area. Concerned about the rapidly retreating glaciers, the court also discussed the impacts of climate change and fossil fuel pollution. The court declared that everyone has a duty to protect and restore the glaciers, and also ordered regulation of construction and sewerage treatment, banning of plastic use, fossil fuel use, logging, and open burning of garbage near the glaciers. Petitioners sought to prevent indiscriminate tree cutting and unauthorized constructions near the Bhimtal Lake area in Uttarakhand state which were damaging the fragile area. Concerned about the rapidly retreating glaciers, the court also discussed the impacts of climate change and fossil fuel pollution. The court declared that everyone has a duty to protect and restore the glaciers, and also ordered regulation of construction and sewerage treatment, banning of plastic use, fossil fuel use, logging, and open burning of garbage near the glaciers.
The Petitioner asked the court to ban intensive and semi-intensive shrimp farming in ecologically fragile zones. Citing the Indian Constitution, the Stockholm Declaration, as well as precautionary principle, sustainable development and inter-generational equity, the court granted the petition.
The Twelfth Five-Year Plan proposes a two-pronged strategy focusing on the need to bring the macroeconomic imbalances under control and to reverse the slow down, while also pushing for structural reforms in many areas that are critical for maintaining medium-term growth. It sets a target of 8% growth over the five-year period 2012-13 to 2016-17. Volume I includes an overview and a discussion of the macroeconomic framework, financing, sustainable development and of water, land issues, environment, forestry and wildlife, science and technology, innovation, governance and regional equity.
The Twelfth Five-Year Plan proposes a two-pronged strategy focusing on the need to bring the macroeconomic imbalances under control and to reverse the slow down, while also pushing for structural reforms in many areas that are critical for maintaining medium-term growth. It sets a target of 8% growth over the five-year period 2012-13 to 2016-17. Volume 2 covers the discussion on agriculture, industry, energy, transport, communication, rural development, urban development and other priority sectors.
India's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) observes that India is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, with its vast population dependent on the growth of its agrarian economy, expansive coastal areas, and the Himalayan region and islands. India thus submitted its INDC, keeping in view its development agenda, particularly the eradication of poverty coupled with its commitment to following the low-carbon path to progress and being sanguine about the unencumbered availability of clean technologies and financial resource from around the world.
The National Policy on Biofuels aims at mainstreaming of biofuels and envisions a central role for it in the energy and transportation sectors of the country in coming decades. Its goal is to ensure that a minimum level of biofuels become readily available in the market to meet the demand at any given time.
The Clean Energy Cess Rules of India provides for the payment of the Clean Energy cess mandated under the Finance Act of 2010. The cess is an excise duty on goods specified in the Tenth Schedule of the Act, and shall be used for the purpose of financing and promoting clean energy initiatives, funding research in the area of clean energy and for related purposes.
The overarching objective of National REDD+ Strategy (NRPS) of India is to facilitate implementation of REDD+ programme in the country in conformity with relevant decisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the national legislative and policy framework for conservation and improvement of forests and the environment. The REDD+ activities include reducing deforestation, reducing forest degradation, conservation of forest carbon stock, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks.
The National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) has been formulated for enhancing agricultural productivity especially in rainfed areas focusing on integrated farming, water use efficiency, soil health management and synergizing resource conservation. NMSA aims at promoting location specific improved agronomic practices through soil health management, enhanced water use efficiency, judicious use of chemicals, crop diversification, progressive adoption of crop-livestock farming systems and integrated approaches like crop-sericulture, agro-forestry, fish farming, among others.
The National Food Security Mission (NFSM) during the 12th Five-Year Plan has five components (i) NFSM-Rice; (ii) NFSM-Wheat; (iii) NFSM-Pulses, (iv) NFSM-Coarse Cereals; and (v) NFSM-Commercial Crops. Its objectives are increasing production of rice, wheat, pulses and coarse cereals through area expansion and productivity enhancement in a sustainable manner in the identified districts of the country; restoring soil fertility and productivity at the individual farm level; and enhancing farm level economy (i.e. farm profits) to restore confidence amongst the farmers.