[3] The Ministry will provide capital subsidy in the form of viability gap funding to the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).
The Government of India also planned to leverage the funding from bilateral donors like Green Climate Fund under United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as the solar power production could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal based power plants.
One such scheme called Kisan Urja Suraksha Evam Uthhan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM) was approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic affairs in 2019.
[6] The Domestic Content Requirement provision for the procurement of component used in the solar power projects has remained a disputed step for foreign players who have often complained of discrimination against their manufacturers.
CFL bulbs were distributed at reduced prices, and the government was able to recover the cost through sale of Certified Emission reduction certificates.
[13] The UJALA scheme is implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL); which is a joint venture of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under power ministry.
The scheme aimed at transfer of the assistance from the World Bank to the energy equipment manufacturers to enable them produce the products that consume less electricity.
The National Mission on Sustainable Habitat is an umbrella programme to reduce the energy consumption and hence the risk of climate change due to the urban settlement pattern.
It is focused upon tackling the issues related to water availability and pollution which is owed to the global warming and climate change.
[20] The program has focus on decentralised approach which is reflected in its plan of "basin level" integrated water resource management and sensitization of the urban local youths.
To ensure the provisions from the Himalayas, the mission has a multi-pronged approach to understand the impact of climate change on the Himalayan Ecosystem for the Sustainable Development of other part of country.
[21] One of the primary objective of the mission is to assess the health of Himalayan Ecosystem, for which the scheme was released with an outlay of Rs.550 Crores during the 12th "Five Years Plan" period.
The scheme also has an important goal of fulfilling India's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) target of sequestrating 2.5 Billion tonnes of "Carbon emissions" by 2020-30, which it submitted to UNFCCC.
[25] Under NMSA, the Cabinet Committee on Economic affairs released the restructured "National Bamboo Mission" in 2018 to last till the end of 14th Five Year Plan period.
In the period between 2008 and 2014, the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change (PMCCC) held eight meetings to further develop the eight subsidiary missions within the NAPCC framework.Following Modi entering power in May 2014, the council had only gathered once to discuss the national climate action with the PM in November that year, with no additional meeting arranged ever since.
For example, as part of the initiating partners of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, Modi has proposed a $10 billion total investment to the World Solar Bank, yet is only willing to contribute $ 600 million.
Furthermore, an estimation from the Ministry of Environment indicated that India would require $ 2.5 trillion of investments to fulfill its comprehensive climate goals, yet almost all of the amount needs to be raised from capital markets.
Lack of financial resources made it difficult for local governments to implement the proposed programs, resulted in meeting none of the targets for renewable energy sources, which include biomass, wind, solar, and small hydro.