Context: Nationally Determined Contribution
India is updating its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, raising its clean energy and emission targets to be submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Earlier targets (by 2030)
• 50% installed power capacity from non-fossil sources
• 45% reduction in emission intensity (from 2005 levels)
• Carbon sink → 2.5–3 billion tonnes CO₂ equivalent
New proposed targets (by 2035)
• 60% non-fossil power capacity
• 47% reduction in emission intensity
• Carbon sink → 3.5–4 billion tonnes CO₂ equivalent
→ Increase across all three pillars
NDC
• Full form → Nationally Determined Contribution
• Country’s own climate targets (energy, emissions, carbon sink)
• Comes from Paris Agreement (2015) under UNFCCC
• Updated every 5 years
• Not legally binding, but internationally accountable
