The document discusses India's National Resource Efficiency Policy. It notes that India's material consumption has increased significantly with economic growth but that sustainable strategies are now needed. The policy aims to reduce resource use, increase recycling and efficiency, and ensure supply security while creating jobs and sustainable growth. It outlines the roles of different sectors in implementing the policy through initiatives like reducing virgin material use, spreading awareness, and strengthening research. The policy will be implemented through action plans, monitored by indicators, and progress reports to develop new plans and further the efficiency agenda.
3. INTRODUCTION
• Natural Resources form backbone of economic development for any country.
• India, is one of the fastest growing economies with GDP at 2.6 trillion USD, has
increased its material consumption from 1.18 billion tonnes in 1970 to 7 billion
tonnes in 2015 and somewhere for such economical growth our nature had to
pay.
• It is also estimated that to fulfill the needs of the population, material
consumption may get double by 2030.
• It is thus, has become important for India to make sort of strategies and policies
to use the resources efficiently, ultimately leading to sustainable development.
5. - Ministry of Environment, Forest and
Climate Change Government of India
6. Resource Efficiency and the Policy
• Resource efficiency means to create more output as products/services using less
inputs as resources.
• In order to reduce pollution, generate more resource productivity, it has become
important to use the resources efficiently.
• So the Ministry of environment, forest and climate change has prepared the
Draft National Resource Efficiency Policy, 2019
• This policy envisions a future with environmentally sustainable and equitable
economic growth, resource security, healthy environment (air, water and land),
and restored ecosystems with rich ecology and biodiversity.
7. The guiding principles of the policy are set as::-
1) Reduce primary resource consumption to ‘sustainable’ levels, in keeping with
achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and staying within the planetary
boundaries.
2) Create higher value with less material through resource efficient and circular
approaches .
3) Minimize waste creation and loss of embedded resources at the end-of-life of
products.
4) Ensure security of material supply and reduce import dependence for essential
materials.
5) Create employment opportunities and business models beneficial to the cause of
environment protection and restoration.
8. Role of different sectors
Sectors Role
Government Develop and implement resource efficiency strategies for their concerned
sector/ region in consultation with stakeholders .
Manufacturers
and service
providers
Reduce u se of fresh material and focus on more recycled or renewable
materials by implementing end-of-life management policy.
Consumers Create demand for resource efficient products and services and engage in
shared use of products .
Civil society
organisers
Spread awareness regarding use of secondary material use and push for
long terms targets on aspects such as recycling, landfilling of waste etc.
Recyclers Maintain standards for Health, Safety and Environment at premises
and engage in training, skill development and research and development
for efficient recycling .
Academia Teaching students the concept of ‘Circular Economy’ and ‘Resource
Efficiency’ and undertaking research on resource flows and life cycle
analysis in school and college .
9. Policy instruments
Addressing regulatory gaps
Design of innovative market based instruments
Green Public Procurement
Supporting recycling and recovery
structures
11. Action Plans and Monitoring Process
• National Resource Efficiency Authority has prepared Action Plans with
timeframe of 3 financial years under which the strategies will be adopted in
consultation with concerned ministries, state/union territory governments,
government agencies and stakeholder.
• After preparation of these action plans, it is important to monitor its progress
for implementation of resource efficiency.
• For this, concerned agencies will look after what inputs are required to achieve
target which will be fed in national database.
• NREA will compile the data into resource efficiency indicators and prepare
‘Progress Report’.
• The review of the progress will form an integral part of developing next Action
Plan to further the agenda of resource efficiency.
