India's Climate Targets: NDC, Panchamrit and Net Zero by 2070
India's climate targets explained: the 2015 and 2022 NDCs, the new NDC for 2031-2035 with a 47% intensity cut and 60% clean power capacity, Panchamrit, LiFE, net zero by 2070 and how far India has got.
Overview
As of October 2026, India's climate targets are in its NDC for 2031-2035, sent to the UNFCCC in April 2026. By 2035 India aims to cut the emissions intensity of its GDP by 47% from 2005 levels, reach about 60% non-fossil power capacity and a 3.5-4.0 billion tonne forest carbon sink. The long-term goal is net zero by 2070.
Photo: "2020-05-20, Sentinel-2A L1C, True color (1)" by Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2020), via Wikimedia Commons
These targets did not appear overnight. They build on India's first climate pledge of 2015, an update in August 2022, five promises the Prime Minister made at the Glasgow climate summit in 2021, and a long-term strategy filed in 2022. This article explains each step in plain language, shows how far India has got, and what the targets mean for households and companies.
Sources: UNFCCC: India's Nationally Determined Contribution (2031-2035), April 2026; PIB: Cabinet approves India's Nationally Determined Contribution (2031-2035) (25 March 2026); UNFCCC: India's Updated First Nationally Determined Contribution under Paris Agreement (2021-2030), August 2022; PM India: Cabinet approves India's Updated Nationally Determined Contribution (3 August 2022); UNFCCC: NDC Registry entry, India Updated First NDC; PIB: National Statement by Prime Minister at COP26 Summit in Glasgow (1 November 2021); PIB: India Submits its Long-Term Low Emission Development Strategy to UNFCCC (14 November 2022); PIB: PM and UNSG launch Mission LiFE at Statue of Unity, Gujarat (20 October 2022); PIB: India submits its 4th Biennial Update Report to the UNFCCC (2 January 2025); PIB: India Achieves Landmark 300 GW Non-Fossil Fuel Power Capacity (MNRE, 9 August 2026); PIB: Parliament Question, Indian Carbon Market (MoEFCC, 9 December 2024); UNFCCC: India 2024 Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1) document listing; MoEFCC, India First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR-1) to the UNFCCC
This article was prepared with AI assistance and checked by the GreenEye team against the sources shown in each section.
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