The plan has been prepared under the guidance and direction of Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change. The action plan which has an accent on energy efficiency, included eight national missions viz National Missions on Solar energy, on enhanced energy efficiency, on sustainable habitat, on conserving water, on sustaining the Himalayan ecosystem, on creating a "Green India'' , on sustainable agriculture and finally on establishing a strategic knowledge platform for climate change.
"Our vision is to make India's economic development energy-efficient. Over a period of time, we must pioneer a graduated shift from economic activity based on fossil fuels to one based on non-fossil fuels and from reliance on non-renewable and depleting sources of energy to renewable sources of energy, the prime minister said today.
"In this strategy, the sun occupies a centre stage, as it should, being literally the original source of all energy. We will pool our scientific, technical and managerial talent, with sufficient financial resources, to develop solar energy as a source of abundant energy to power our economy and to transform the lives of our people. Our success in this endeavour will change the face of India,'' he said.
The National Mission of Solar Energy, occupies a pre-eminent place, whose success, the prime minister said, has the potential of transforming the face of India. The Prime Minister has also reaffirmed India's pledge that as it pursued sustainable development, its per capita Greenhouse gas emissions would not exceed the per capita GHG emissions of developed countries, ``despite our developmental imperatives.''
Prime minister clarified that the National Action Plan would evolve and change in the light of changing circumstances and therefore invited broader interaction with civil society to further improve on the plan.
