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FEED provides tax exemptions for promotion of energy-efficient
appliances by promoting income and corporate tax incentives for
ESCOs/venture capital funds in energy efficiency and providing
infrastructure status to ESCO business.
2.3.6 Agriculture
India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) highlighted
that the thrust areas of the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
(NMSA) would be dry land agriculture; access to information; bio-
technology; and risk management. The Department of Agriculture
and Cooperation (DAC) and the Department of Agricultural Research
and Education (DARE) under the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA),
Government of India, has been identified by the Prime Minister’s
Council on Climate Change to plan and implement NMSA in India
(MoA, undated).
The NMSA caters to key aspects such as ‘Water use efficiency’,
‘Nutrient Management’ and ‘Livelihood diversification’ through
adoption of sustainable development pathways by progressively
shifting to environmental friendly technologies, adoption of energy
efficient equipment, conservation of natural resources, integrated
farming, etc.
The NMSA has four major programme components or activities,
namely:
(a) Rainfed Area Development (RAD)
(b) On Farm Water Management (OFWM)
(c) Soil Health Management (SHM)
(d) Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture: Monitoring,
Modelling and Networking (CCSAMMN)
As depicted in Table 2.19, it has been estimated that up to the end of
the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, the adaptation and mitigation strategies
proposed under NMSA would require additional budgetary support
of about INR 1,08,000 crores (USD 18 billion).
Table 2.19: Budgetary Support Requirement of National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
(NMSA) for the Twelfth Plan Period (2012–17)
Cost head Amount Amount % share of total
(INR, crore) (USD, billion) project cost
Technology, products and practices to help 65,000 10.833 60
mitigate risks related to climate change
Infrastructure development (including 31,500 5.250 29
insurance)
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appliances by promoting income and corporate tax incentives for
ESCOs/venture capital funds in energy efficiency and providing
infrastructure status to ESCO business.
2.3.6 Agriculture
India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) highlighted
that the thrust areas of the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
(NMSA) would be dry land agriculture; access to information; bio-
technology; and risk management. The Department of Agriculture
and Cooperation (DAC) and the Department of Agricultural Research
and Education (DARE) under the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA),
Government of India, has been identified by the Prime Minister’s
Council on Climate Change to plan and implement NMSA in India
(MoA, undated).
The NMSA caters to key aspects such as ‘Water use efficiency’,
‘Nutrient Management’ and ‘Livelihood diversification’ through
adoption of sustainable development pathways by progressively
shifting to environmental friendly technologies, adoption of energy
efficient equipment, conservation of natural resources, integrated
farming, etc.
The NMSA has four major programme components or activities,
namely:
(a) Rainfed Area Development (RAD)
(b) On Farm Water Management (OFWM)
(c) Soil Health Management (SHM)
(d) Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture: Monitoring,
Modelling and Networking (CCSAMMN)
As depicted in Table 2.19, it has been estimated that up to the end of
the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, the adaptation and mitigation strategies
proposed under NMSA would require additional budgetary support
of about INR 1,08,000 crores (USD 18 billion).
Table 2.19: Budgetary Support Requirement of National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
(NMSA) for the Twelfth Plan Period (2012–17)
Cost head Amount Amount % share of total
(INR, crore) (USD, billion) project cost
Technology, products and practices to help 65,000 10.833 60
mitigate risks related to climate change
Infrastructure development (including 31,500 5.250 29
insurance)
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