INDIA’S INTENDED NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTION

Delhi have amended their existing building bye-laws, making it compulsory for every
large house or hotel (200 yards or more in area) to undertake rainwater harvesting.
3) Neeranchal is a recent programme by Government to give additional impetus to
watershed development in the country.
4) Another important initiative relating to rivers is the National Mission for Clean Ganga
which seeks to rejuvenate the river along its length of more than 2,500 km through
multifarious activities such as pollution inventorization, assessment and surveillance and
laying of sewage networks, treatment plants etc.
5) The total flood prone area in the country is about 45.64 million ha. Existing flood
management mechanisms involve both Central and State Government.
6) Government of India has also set up the National River Conservation Directorate for
conservation of rivers, lakes and wetlands in the country and improving the water quality
which covers stretches of 40 rivers in 190 towns spread over 20 States.
2.3 HEALTH
Climate change will increase health related stress from extreme weather-related disasters
such as wider spread of vector-borne diseases as malaria and dengue and increasing
frequency of heat and cold waves.
India is now formulating a ‘Health Mission’ under the ambit of NAPCC to evolve strategies
for mitigating, containing and managing the adverse impact of Climate Change on health.
The mission aims at analysing epidemiological data, identify vulnerable population and
regions, build knowledge base and expertise, increase awareness and community
participation.
Apart from the overall public heath infrastructure at the national and sub national levels, the
Government of India has launched programmes like Integrated Disease Surveillance
Programme (IDSP), National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) to
deal with vector borne diseases like malaria, dengue etc. As part of this programme India
aims to eliminate malaria by 2030.
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