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55 Decoding India’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) A Study Proffesor. Mainak Ghosal PhD, Research Scholar IIEST, Shibpur, Howrah Abstract India’s headline target, of reaching net zero by 2070, was criticised by some at Cop26 as being lackluster and less than should be expected from a major country. Developed countries are being asked to meet net zero by 2050 at the latest, and developing countries by 2060. China has set 2060 as its goal but some analysts say the world’s biggest emitter is likely to meet it sooner. India also pledged an increase in clean energy to 500 gigawatts by 2030 and a reduction in emissions intensity of its economy by 45% by the same date. It reckons its emissions are likely to peak by 2040, but some of its actions appear super ambitious without understanding the details. This Paper tries to clear out the ambiguousness created by the huge and complex data mess. Introduction At the 26th Conference of Parties (CoP26) held in 2021, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared a five-fold strategy — termed as the panchamrita — to achieve this feat. These five points include: • India will get its non-fossil energy capacity to 500 Giga Watt (GW) by 2030 • India will meet 50 per cent of its energy requirements from renewable energy by 2030 • India will reduce the total projected carbon emissions by one billion tonnes from now onwards till 2030 • By 2030, India will reduce the carbon intensity of its economy by less than 45 per cent • So, by the year 2070, India will achieve the target of Net Zero In December 2022, a “Net Zero emissions” Private Bill was introduced in the upper house