National Mission on Sustainable Habitat: To promote energy eff | Upsc Environment

National Mission on Sustainable Habitat: To promote energy efficiency as a core component of urban planning, the plan calls for:

Extending the existing Energy Conservation Building Code;

A greater emphasis on urban waste management and recycling, including power production from waste;

Strengthening the enforcement of automotive fuel economy standards and using pricing measures to encourage the purchase of efficient vehicles;

Incentives for the use of public transportation.

National Water Mission: With water scarcity projected to worsen as a result of climate change, the plan sets a goal of a 20% improvement in water use efficiency through pricing and other measures.

National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem: The plan aims to conserve biodiversity, forest cover, and other ecological values in the Himalayan region, where glaciers that are a major source of India’s water supply are projected to recede as a result of global warming.

National Mission for a “Green India” Goals: Goals include the afforestation of 6 million hectares of degraded forest lands and expanding forest cover from 23% to 33% of India’s territory