Haryana State Action Plan on Climate Change.

After the India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) was announced all States have been asked to prepare a state level action plan to deal with challenges of climate change. The state level action plans are envisaged to be an extension of the NAPCC at various levels of governance aligned with the 8 National Missions. To synergize sustainable development and adaptation to climate change a list of programs and policies as perceived by the State have been identified by state sectoral departments. Forestry: Under the State Action Plan, both adaptation and mitigation projects could be proposed for addressing climate change impacts on forest ecosystems as well as to mitigate the climate change through enhancing the carbon sinks. Forests in Haryana are vulnerable to climate change risks and any afforestation/reforestation programme to be implemented under the Greening India Mission (GIM) could also be vulnerable to climate change impacts.
The State’s strategy of agriculture development is centred on achieving self sufficiency in food grain production and marketing the produce at remunerative prices and generating revenue and employment opportunities. The broad strategy is to provide food security through • Creation of assured irrigation in settled cultivation areas • Promotion of scientific planning and cropping pattern to improve the yield per hectare • Integrated efforts for enhanced productivity • Integrated crop management • Continuation of the traditional organic farming to meet market demands for organic products • Efforts for improving the rice production rate, etc. The impact assessment methodologies outlined in the Plan will also provide the basis for monitoring and evaluating the socio-economic, poverty and water resource outcomes of manmade interventions.
The Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and fisheries have jointly proposed the vulnerability reduction measures. The Climate Change Action Plan for the 25 Year Plan that currently focuses on two missions: Solar Mission and Enhanced Energy Efficiency Mission from energy savings perspective. Water Resources: Haryana Irrigation Department has suggested comprehensive water database modeling and analysis of the data for climate change impacts on water resources. Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP): Haryana Rural Development department has plans to implement IWMP for 1521 micro‐watersheds in 15 years with 311 to be taken in next 5 years. Health: Some of the action plans and projects for a sustainable development and adaptation to Climate Change as perceived by the Department of Health and family Welfare. The departments require on one hand to study the adverse impacts of climate change on various sector and locations while on the other hand spread awareness on EE technologies in all sectors to conserve energy.