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Energy efficiency policies in
China and India
Under the NAPCC, the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) has been catering
to the key dimensions of ‘Water use efficiency’, ‘Nutrient management’ and ‘Livelihood
diversification’ through the adoption of sustainable development pathways by progressively
shifting to environmental friendly technologies, adoption of energy efficient equipment,
conservation of natural resources, and integrated farming among other measures.
In India, efforts to develop, refine and disseminate conservation-based agricultural technologies
have been underway for nearly two decades and have made significant progress (Bhan &
Behera, 2014). It is being promoted under the NMSA as well. Conservation agriculture practices
can also promote resource and energy conservation. Techniques such as laser levelling, direct
seeding, minimum soil disturbance, permanent soil cover, and System of Rice Intensification
have been able to improve resource use efficiency in crop production. Due to low/no tillage and
reduced irrigation needs in conservation agriculture, energy efficiency is also achieved.
8. Lessons learned, challenges and ways forward
The pace of development is growing in India with emphasis on policies such as ‘Make in India’
and ‘Startup India’. With growing industrial activities and rising standards of living as well as
increasing access to electricity, energy consumption is rising and so is India’s overall economic
development. As India remains committed to save 10% of its current energy consumption
by the year 2018-19 (MoEFCC, 2015), it is crucial that economic and human development
continues to take place without increasing energy intensity through deployment of cleaner and
energy efficient technologies.
India’s experience shows that a combination of policy instruments have been used in India for
energy efficiency policies. Figure 14 shows the policy instruments used for four key energy
efficiency initiatives in India.
Figure 15: Instruments used for key energy efficiency policies in India
Policy instruments
Information Regulation Data and Market de- Testing and International Public-
transpar- velopment verification cooperation Private
Partnership
ency
Perform, ● ●●
Achieve and
Trade
Standards ● ●
and Labelling ●●
Pro- Programme ●
grammes Domestic
Efficient
Lighting Pro-
gramme
Bachat Lamp ●●●●
Yojana
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China and India
Under the NAPCC, the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) has been catering
to the key dimensions of ‘Water use efficiency’, ‘Nutrient management’ and ‘Livelihood
diversification’ through the adoption of sustainable development pathways by progressively
shifting to environmental friendly technologies, adoption of energy efficient equipment,
conservation of natural resources, and integrated farming among other measures.
In India, efforts to develop, refine and disseminate conservation-based agricultural technologies
have been underway for nearly two decades and have made significant progress (Bhan &
Behera, 2014). It is being promoted under the NMSA as well. Conservation agriculture practices
can also promote resource and energy conservation. Techniques such as laser levelling, direct
seeding, minimum soil disturbance, permanent soil cover, and System of Rice Intensification
have been able to improve resource use efficiency in crop production. Due to low/no tillage and
reduced irrigation needs in conservation agriculture, energy efficiency is also achieved.
8. Lessons learned, challenges and ways forward
The pace of development is growing in India with emphasis on policies such as ‘Make in India’
and ‘Startup India’. With growing industrial activities and rising standards of living as well as
increasing access to electricity, energy consumption is rising and so is India’s overall economic
development. As India remains committed to save 10% of its current energy consumption
by the year 2018-19 (MoEFCC, 2015), it is crucial that economic and human development
continues to take place without increasing energy intensity through deployment of cleaner and
energy efficient technologies.
India’s experience shows that a combination of policy instruments have been used in India for
energy efficiency policies. Figure 14 shows the policy instruments used for four key energy
efficiency initiatives in India.
Figure 15: Instruments used for key energy efficiency policies in India
Policy instruments
Information Regulation Data and Market de- Testing and International Public-
transpar- velopment verification cooperation Private
Partnership
ency
Perform, ● ●●
Achieve and
Trade
Standards ● ●
and Labelling ●●
Pro- Programme ●
grammes Domestic
Efficient
Lighting Pro-
gramme
Bachat Lamp ●●●●
Yojana
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