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National CDM Authority
The Seventh Conference of Parties (COP-7) to the UNFCCC decided
that Parties participating in CDM should designate a National
Authority for the CDM and as per the CDM project cycle, a
project proposal should include written approval of voluntary
participation from the Designated National Authority of each
country and confirmation that the project activity assists
the host country in achieving sustainable development.
Accordingly the Central Government constituted the National
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Authority for the purpose
of protecting and improving the quality of environment in
terms of the Kyoto Protocol. The composition of the "National
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Authority" is as follows:
Secretary (Environment and Forests):
Chairperson
Foreign Secretary or his nominee:
Member
Finance Secretary or his nominee:
Member
Secretary, Industrial Policy and
Promotion or his nominee: Member
Secretary, Ministry of Non Conventional
Energy Sources or his nominee: Member
Secretary, Ministry of Power or
his nominee: Member
Secretary, Planning Commission
or his nominee: Member
Joint Secretary (Climate Change),
Ministry of Environment and Forests: Member
Director (Climate Change), Ministry
of Environment and Forests: Member-Secretary
The National Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM) Authority receives projects for
evaluation and approval as per the guidelines and general
criteria laid down in the relevant rules and modalities pertaining
to CDM in addition to the guidelines issued by the Clean Development
Mechanism Executive Board and Conference of Parties serving
as Meeting of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change.
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