National Mission on Sustainable India
A national Mission on Sustainable India will be launched to make habitat sustainable through improvements in energy efficiency in buildings, management of solid waste and modal shift to public transport. The mission will promote energy efficiency as an integral component of urban planning and urban renewal through three initiatives.
· The energy Conservation Building Code which addresses the design of new and large commercial buildings to optimize their energy demand , will be extended in its application and incentives provided for retooling existing building stock.
· Recycling of material and urban waste management will be a major component of ecologically sustainable economic development. The National Mission will include a major R & D programme, focusing on bio-chemical conversion, waste water use, sewage utilization and recycling options wherever possible.
· Better urban planning and modal shift to public transport- making long term transport plans will facilitate the growth of medium and small cities in ways that ensure efficient and convenient public transport.
In addition, the mission will address the need to adapt to future climate change by improving the resilience of infrastructure, community based disaster management and measures for improving the warning system for extreme weather events. Capacity building would be an important component of this mission.
National Water Mission-
