India's per capita carbon footprint is 60% lower than global average: PM

As a climate-responsible country, India welcomes partners to create templates of sustainable development, says PM Modi at US-hosted climate summit

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India’s per capita carbon footprint is 60 per cent lower than the global average as he addressed the leaders' climate summit.

Modi on Thursday pitched for concrete action at a "high speed" and on a large scale to combat climate change, and asserted that India was doing its part to deal with the challenge.

Addressing a US-hosted virtual summit of 40 global leaders, Modi also said sustainable lifestyles and guiding philosophy of "back to basics" must be important pillars of the economic strategy for the post-COVID era.

The Prime Minister said he and President