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♤ In addition, India has 24 other “Critical Initiatives” in the anvil, for which detailed plans and an institutional framework is being prepared
Type | Initiative |
Energy Efficiency in Power Generation | Super critical technologies Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) |
Technology | Natural Gas based Power Plants Closed Cycle Three Stage Nuclear Power Programme Efficient Transmission and Distribution Hydropower |
Other Renewable Energy Technologies Programmes | RETs for power generation Biomass based popup generation technologies Small scale Hydropower Wind Energy Grid connected systems RETs for transportation and industrial fuels |
Disaster Management Response to Extreme Climate Events | Reducing risk to infrastructure through better design Strengthening communication networks and disaster management facilities |
Protection of Coastal Areas | Undertake measures for coastal protection and setting up Early Warning System Development of a regional ocean modelling system High resolution coupled ocean-atmosphere variability studies in tropical oceans Development of a high-resolution storm surge model for coastal regions Development of salinity-tolerant crop cultivars Community awareness on coastal disasters and necessary action; Timely forecasting, cyclone and flood warning systems Enhanced plantation and regeneration of mangroves and coastal forests |
Health Sector | Provision of enhanced public health care services and assessment of increased burden of disease due to climate change |
Creating appropriate capacity at different levels of Government | Building capacity in the Central, State and other at the local level to assimilate and facilitate the implementation of the activities of national plan |