International Cooperation
& Sustainable Development Division
Shri R R Rashmi, Additional Secretary (9910195285)
Shri Arun Kumar Mehta, Joint Secretary (9868668419)
Shri Arvind Nautiyal, Director (9717433944)
Shri Rakesh Kumar, Director (9910487385)
Shri M K Rai, Under Secretary (9968241330)
Projects handled by IC Division
 Multilateral cooperation: Rs 24,177.6 crores
(GEF, UNEP and WB)
 Bilateral cooperation: Rs 11,543.2 crores
(GiZ, JICA, Norway)
 Total: Rs 35720.8 crores
Multilateral Cooperation
 Global Environment Facility (GEF)
 The World Bank (WB)
 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
 GEF is a funding mechanism of UNFCCC, CBD, UNCCD, Stockholm Convention
on PoPs and Minamata Convention on Mercury.
 Focal areas: climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity conservation,
land degradation, chemical & waste and international waters.
 India is one of the founder members.
 MoEFCC is the Operational Focal Point.
 DEA is the Political Focal Point
Status of GEF Grant
(1991 – June 2016)
 USD 235.43 million received as country allocation (2006-18)
 USD 577.937 million of GEF grant accessed
 USD 244.4 million of accessed grant utilized
 USD 2.9 billion of project co-funding leveraged
 USD 63 million contributed by India to GEF Trust Fund
A Glimpse of Ongoing GEF projects
 Mainstreaming biodiversity into production landscapes/ seascapes
 Strengthening capacity to implement BD Act with ABS provisions
 Wetland conservation, Sustainable Forestry Management
 Promoting energy efficient and renewable energy technologies in
thermal power plants, SMEs, railways, buildings, rural productive and
domestic use, brick kilns etc
 Promoting urban transport and systems
 Facilitating implementation of State Action Plans on CC
 Improving adaptive infrastructure and capacities of rural & coastal
communities
 Eco-friendly techniques for PCB, Bio-medical waste, DDT
 National reporting to UNFCCC, CBD, UNCCD, Stockholm & Minamata
A Glimpse of GEF-6 projects
 Conservation & management of Snow Leopard and strengthening of
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
 Smart Cities – Mysore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Vijayawada and Guntur
 Creating and sustaining energy efficient markets
 Enabling 800 MW of solar rooftop power without subsidy
 Piloting a self-sustaining business model in > 1 m ha of land for
transforming agriculture into an economically viable occupation for small
and marginal farmers
 Krill fishing in Antarctica
 Pilot demonstration on Construction and Demolition Waste
 Addressing adverse impacts of CC and air pollution on human health
Major Achievements of Completed Projects
 CO2 emission reduction: Over 40 mt over the lifetime.
 Sustainable conservation practices introduced: Over 1,031,378 ha
 Covered 21 states of India
 Enhanced capacity and facilitated institutional building
 National reporting to Conventions
 327 SGP projects working directly with communities developed and USD 8.2
million disbursed.
United Nations Environment Programme
 India is a member of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
 Active participation required in United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA)
and other decision-making bodies of UNEP . Next meeting scheduled in
December 2017.
 Sustainable Public Procurement and Eco-labeling project
Resource Consumption
of India
Resource Consumption
1980-2008: from 2.6 up to 4.5 bn tons
By 2050: expected to be 4-5 fold
Specific scarce resources
Import dependency on specific resources
RE Relevance
Now on G7 Agenda and foreseen for G20
International Resource Panel set up by UNEP in recognition that one
planet is not enough. India is the first country to set up Resource
Efficiency Panel to work on C&D Waste and End of Life Cycle Vehicles
Sustainable Development
 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted in Sept 2015 at UN General
Assembly
 17 Goals and 169 Targets adopted, progress to be measured through
indicators
 Coordination: NITI Aayog
 Negotiation relating to indicators: Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation (MoSPI)
 Total estimated cost of implementing SDGs: Rs 35 lakh crores per yr/ 15 yrs
Sustainable Development
Current status of implementation:
 NITI Aayog carried out responsibility mapping with respect to 17 Goals and
169 Targets
 MoEFCC responsible for:
- SDGs 12, 13 and 15 (fully)
- SDGs 3,6,8,9,11,14 and 17 (partially).
Thus, covering 41 SDG Targets to be monitored by 48 indicators.
Bilateral Cooperation
 Bilateral Agreements/ MoUs/ Treaties: Bangladesh, Brazil, China,
Egypt, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Morocco, Norway, Qatar,
Sweden and USA
 Bilateral projects: GiZ (Waste to Energy, Resource Efficiency and
Mgmt of Secondary Raw Material and Sustainable and Environment
Friendly Industrial Production), Norway (Centre for Biodiversity Policy
and Law) and JICA (forestry, biodiversity and river conservation).
Upcoming Bilateral Meetings in 2016
SNo
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7
Meeting
India-Bangladesh JWG
BRICS Environment Ministers &
Working Group
India-Sweden JWG
India-EU Environment Forum &
Working Group
India-France JWG
Signing of India-Australia MoU
Indo-German WG
Date
21 July
19-20/28-29
August
Sept
3-4 Oct
First week Oct
Sept/Oct
Nov/Dec
Venue
Delhi
Goa
Sweden
Delhi
Delhi
Australia
Germany
IC & SD Budget
Total budget is Rs 11.80 crores
Rs 8.735 crores is for making contributions to international
bodies
Rs 2.55 crores is for international travel. IC division
supplements the international travel budget of thematic
divisions as well
Future Action
 Strengthening engagement with GEF
- India’s contribution towards GEF-7 replenishment cycle
- Accreditation of national implementing agency
- Formulation of paper on GEF business model
- Strengthening of project monitoring mechanism
 Active participation in United Nations Environment Assembly
(UNEA) of UNEP
 MoU with Australia
 Meeting of BRICS Environment Ministers
 SDGs: Setting up systems for
- Implementation
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Resource Mobilization
IC & SD
Organogram
HMEFCC
Secretary (EF&CC)
AS (RRR)
JS (AKM)
DIR
DIR
(Bilateral)
(Multilateral & SD)
US (IC & SD)
SO (IC & SD)
ASO
ASO
ASO
JSA
Thank you
Projects handled by IC division
(Ongoing & in Pipeline)
Focal Area
Multilateral
No
Amount
Bilateral
No
(In USDM)
Natural Resource
Management
13
Climate Change
24
357.556
4
5
Others
1
91.07
4
28.1
Amount
(In INR cr)
17
2609.9
11.5
28
1733.9
6
633.9
(Rs 85.35 cr)
1
(Rs 611.63 cr)
5.4
No
(Rs 208.56 cr)
(Rs 1648. 52 cr)
Chemical &
Waste
Amount
(In €M)
(Rs 2401.35 cr)
245.462
Total
3
(Rs 22.27 cr)
X
X
1
36.27
9
42.6
52
5014.06
(Rs 36.27 cr)
Total
43
699.493
(Rs. 4697.80 Cr)
@Rs.67.16/$
(Rs.316.26 Cr)
@Rs.74.22/Euro
Note: Multilateral includes GEF grant and WB loan; Bilateral includes GiZ grant. The role of IC division is
primarily of monitoring as these projects are implemented by other divisions and other Ministries of
Government of India.
Highlights of Ongoing Projects
 Biodiversity Conservation and Rural Livelihood Improvement (Total project cost:
USD 31.02 m of which USD 8.14 m is GEF grant) aims to undertake economically viable conservation
activities outside PAs to reduce pressure on PA (Askote, Little Runn of Kutch, Satpura and
Agasthyamalai)
 Coal Fired Generation Rehabilitation project (Total project cost: USD 181.56 m of which
USD 45. 4 m is GEF grant) aims to undertake EE R&M work in Unit-5 of Bandel TPS, Unit-6 of Koradi
TPS and capacity building of Central Electricity Authority.
 EE Improvements in Brick Industry (Total project cost: USD 2.69 m of which USD 0.696 m is
GEF grant) promotion of resource-efficient bricks by including REB specifications in BIS standards and
procurement guidelines of CPWD/PWD, establishing 3 REB units, investment plans for 25 units and
knowledge management material.
 Sustainable Urban Transport (Total project cost: USD 299.51 m of which USD 24.38 m is GEF
grant) aims to promote environment-friendly urban transport systems in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Naya
Raipur, Indore, Mysore and Hubli-Dharwad.
 Improving EE in Indian Railways system (Total project cost: USD 26.2 m of which USD 5.2
m is GEF grant) aims to improve EE in Indian Railways in both traction and non-traction systems by
piloting technologies like optimal light control, smart sense, smart grid, provision of automated light and
fan control, retrofitting of LED lights, automation of pumping, provision of super EE fans, setting up of
EE benchmarks etc.
Highlights of Ongoing Projects
 EE Improvements in Commercial Bldgs (Total project cost: USD 21.07 m of which USD 5.2
m is GEF grant) aims to reduce energy consumed by new commercial bldgs by integrating appropriate
design interventions. The project is supporting GoI’s initiative in making ECBC a mandatory regime by
end of 12th FYP.
 Financing EE at SME (Total project cost: USD 63. 6 m of which USD 12. 43 m is GEF grant) aims
to facilitate EE related investments in MSME clusters by providing TA for preparation and
implementation of investment grade EE improvement measures, capacity building, technology support
and knowledge sharing in Foundry & Forging (Kolhapur), Forging (Pune), Limekilns (Tirunelveli),
Chemicals (Ankleshwar), Mixed industries (Faridabad).
 Promoting EE and RE in MSMEs (Total project cost: USD 33.37 m of which USD 8 m is GEF
grant) aims to set up 29 demo units in 12 clusters – ceramic (Khurja, Thangarh, Morbi), brass
(Jamnagar), Diary (Gujarat), Hand-tools (Nagur and Jalandhar), Foundry (Indore, Coimbatore,
Belgaum). Energy Management Centers are set up in all 12 clusters
 Mkt Development of Solar Industrial Process Heat Technologies (Total project cost:
USD 23.75 m of which USD 4.4 m is GEF grant) aims to accelerate installation of solar concentrator
technologies. About 45,000 sq m of CST based system installed in 90 establishments resulting in 3.15
m litres of fuel oil saved annually.
Highlights of Ongoing Projects
 Mainstreaming Coastal and Marine BD into Production Sectors in EGREE (Total
project cost: USD 24.02 m of which USD 6.023 m is GEF grant)
 Mainstreaming Coastal and Marine BD into Production Sectors in Sindhudurg
coast, Maharashtra (Total project cost: USD 15.43 m of which USD 3.438 m is GEF grant)
 Capacity Bldg for Strengthening the Implementation of BD Act with focus on
ABS (Total project cost: USD 9. 839 m of which USD 3. 561 m is GEF grant)
 Capacity Building on Biosafety for Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol
(Total project cost: USD 8.727 m of which USD 2.727 m is GEF grant)
 Environmentally Sound Mgmt and Final Disposal of PCBs in India (Total project
cost: USD 66.4 m of which USD 14.1 m is GEF grant) aims to reduce / eliminate use and release of
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) to environment and disposal of at least 7,700 tons of PCBcontaminated equipment, oil and other waste. The treatment facility is set up at Bhilai Steel Plant.
 Environmentally Sound Mgmt of Bio-medical waste in India (Total project cost: USD
44.44 m of which USD 10 m is GEF grant) in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha and Punjab.
 Climate Resilient Coastal Protection and Mgmt in India (Total project cost: USD 56.15
m of which USD 1.818 m is GEF grant) in Karnataka, Maharashtra aims to strengthen resilience of
coast, coastal infrastructure and communities to the adverse climate impacts by preparing adaptation
guidelines and effective mainstreaming of CC into coastal protection and mgmt.
Highlights of Ongoing Projects
 India: Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaptation to CC (Total project cost: USD 60. 2 m
of which USD 8 m is GEF grant) aims to improve adaptive capacity of rural poor engaged in farm based
livelihoods in Bihar and MP.
 Efficient and Sustainable City Bus Service (Total project cost: USD 123.24 m of which
USD 9.2 m is GEF grant) in Mira Bhayandar, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Bhopal
 Scale up to Access Clean Energy for Rural Productive and Domestic Use (Total
project cost: USD 23.04 m of which USD 4 m is GEF grant)
 Partial Risk Sharing Facility for EE (Total project cost: USD 141 m of which USD 18 m is
GEF grant)
 Development and Promotion of non POPs Alternatives to DDT (Total project cost:
USD 53.14 m of which USD 10 m is GEF grant)
 Mkt Transformation and Removal of Barriers for Implementation of SAPCC
(Total project cost: USD 28.744 m of which USD 3.744 m is GEF grant) in Manipur and Jharkhand
 Integrated Mgmt of Wetland BD (Total project cost: USD 24.413 m of which USD 4.196 m is
GEF grant) in Sasthamcotta lake (Kerala), Harike lake (Punjab) and Kanwar Jheel (Bihar).
 Ecosystem Services Improvement Project (Total project cost: USD 132 m of which USD
24.4 m is GEF grant) in Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh.
Projects in Pipeline
 Program to Establish Pilots for Access through RE (Total project cost: USD 42.1 m of which USD
12 m is GEF grant) in Uttar Pradesh and other states.
 Mercury Inventorization in India (Total project cost: USD 1 m of GEF grant)
 Sustainable Cities (Total project cost: USD 112.4 m of which USD 13.5 m is GEF grant) focusing on
integrated urban planning, global best practices and pilot demonstrations on waste to energy plants in
Mysore, Jaipur, Bhopal, Vijayawada and Guntur.
 Creating and Sustaining EE markets (Total project cost: USD 434.2 m of which USD 20.8 m is GEF
grant) focusing on installing 400 m of LEDs in domestic lighting, 8 million in street lighting, promoting
super efficient fans [70 to 35 W], developing market protocols for market scale up of tri-generation of
electricity, hear and cooling.
 Secure Himalayas (Total project cost: USD 55.3 m of which USD 12.7 m is GEF grant) focusing on
illegal wildlife trade and snow leopard conservation with community initiatives.
 Grid Connected Rooftop Solar PV (Total project cost: USD 625 m of which USD 25 m is GEF grant)
focusing on enabling 800 MW of rooftop solar power to come up through aggregators without subsidy
and establishing a system of net metering in 3 pilot DISCOMs as pilots.
 Climate Smart Agriculture (Total project cost: USD 494 m of which USD 36.887 m is GEF grant)
focuses to treat 800,000 hectares of biodiversity rich land to address the environmental challenges
posed by agriculture as the driver, adoption of climate-friendly agricultural practices and systems,
promote evidence-based agrarian policy/ legislations, organic certification, skill building and
institutionalization.
Projects in Pipeline
 Solar Photovoltaic based Electricity Generation in Indian Railways (focusing on 75 MW of solar PV
installations in Indian Railways and standardization of procedures/ documents to facilitate the
achievement of 1 GW of solar power by mobilizing private sector/ market investments).. GEF grant:
USD 12 m; Co-funding: USD 114 m.
 Krill fishing in Antarctica (focusing on providing scientific evidence and estimates to enable India to
become a fishing member of CCALMR and do sustainable krill fishing). GEF grant: USD 7 m; Cofunding: USD 45 m.
 Small Grants India Program GEF: USD 6 m.
 Project on Construction and Demolition Waste GEF: USD 40 m.
 Addressing Adverse Impacts of CC and Air Quality on Human Health GEF: USD 5 m.
 Mainstreaming BD & ecosystem services into development and finance planning GEF: USD 4 m.
 Eastern Himalayan Glacial Watersheds and River Basin Mgmt Program for Bhutan, India and
Nepal GEF: USD 10 m.
 Resource efficiency in Cement sector GEF: USD 10 m.
Other Externally Aided Projects
 (ASEAN) Capacity Bldg towards implementing Nagoya Protocol on ABS Total
grant: USD 9.93 million
 (Norway) Centre for Biodiversity Policy and Law Total grant: 5,409,438 NoK
 (SDC) State Action Plan Implementation Total grant: 9 million Swiss Franc
 (WB) Integrated Coastal Zone Management Total loan: USD 221.96 million
 (WB) Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management Total loan: USD
54.18 million
 (WB) BD Conservation and Rural Livelihood Improvement Total loan: USD 21.78
million
 (UNDP) Strengthening Climate Sensitive Planning and Implementation Total
grant: USD 2.5 million
 (UNDP) Strengthening Natural Resource Mgmt Total grant: USD 1.5 million
GIZ funded projects (42.6 m €)
 Sustainable and Environmental friendly Industrial Production Total cost: 5 million €. Aims at
addressing joint technical solutions for waste management.
 Waste to Energy Nasik Project Total cost: 2.5 million €. Aims at reducing emission and generate
energy through co-fermentation of organic solid waste and septage.
 Resource Efficiency and Management of Secondary Raw Materials Total cost: 3 million €. An
advisory project on options for conserving resources and secondary raw materials.
 Incentives for Sustainable Management of BD and Ecosystem Services Total cost: 4.5 m €. Aim to
use economic valuation of BD and ecosystem services for improved mgmt practices in Forests, Inland
Wetlands and Coastal & Marine ecosystems
 Conservation and Sustainable Mgmt of Existing and Potential Coastal and Marine Protected
Areas Total cost: 9.6 million €. Aim to conserve coastal and marine BD
 Himachal Pradesh Forest Ecosystem Services Project Total cost: 5 million €. Aims to integrate
findings of TEEB project into development of policies related to forest ecosystem
 Development and Mgmt of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions Total cost: 3 million €.
Provides support for implementation of NAMA on forestry and waste and development of respective
monitoring, reporting and verification
 Indo-German Environment Programme in Rural Areas Total cost: 9 million €. Aims at reducing overexploitation of natural resources due to climate adaptation in north east.
 Global Carbon Markets Total cost: 1 million € provides capacity bldg support, technical advisory for
facilitating CDM and new market mechanisms as per Paris Agreement.