Irrespective of what the other countries say or use what they say against India, is it not time we committed to something official in terms of carbon emission cuts?
A newspaper report talks of how China's `voluntary' commitment to going green has put India in a tight spot ahead of the Copenhagen Summit.
On June 30, 2008, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released India’s first National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) outlining existing and future policies and programs addressing climate mitigation and adaptation. The plan identifies eight core “national missions” running through 2017 and directs ministries to submit detailed implementation plans to the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change by December 2008.India can start with declaring its own loopholes in arresting the large scale razing of forests, for a start. India can be honest about how the Ministry of Environment's Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) exercises end up in a sham for most part, how it serves the iron ore needs of other countries at the cost of its own green cover, its people's health. And how states like Chattisgarh and Karnataka have become clearance agents for mine diggers in the name of infrastructure.
Time to talk of its real time commitment to the world besides thwarting those pressure tactics by US and China.
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