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India's Updated NDC (2031-2035)
India's climate pledge under the Paris Agreement rests on three numbers, all measured from a 2005 baseline: how much carbon its economy emits per unit of GDP, how much of its power capacity is non-fossil, and how large a forest carbon sink it grows. On 27 July 2026 the government placed the current score on the parliamentary record - emissions intensity down 37.38 per cent, non-fossil capacity at 54.18 per cent, and a sink of 2.44 billion tonnes. The clean-power goal set for 2030 was reached five years early, and the pledge for 2031-2035 raises all three bars again.
Last updated 27 July 20266 min read
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The government has put current NDC progress on the parliamentary record: emissions intensity down 37.38 per cent by 2022 (earlier reported as 36 per cent to 2020), non-fossil capacity at 54.18 per cent as on 30 June 2026, and a carbon sink of 2.44 billion tonnes to 2022. One correction: India's live 2030 emissions-intensity goal is 45 per cent, set by the 2022 NDC update - the 33-35 per cent figure this card carried belongs to the superseded 2015 pledge.
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