Green economy initiatives in India
•Bus Rapid Transit System
Launched in October 2009, the 12.5-kilometer (7.8-mile) Phase 1 corridor has proven to be popular with citizens, and ridership remains higher than that on the previous bus system.
•National Action Plan on Climate Change
India`s National Action Plan on Climate Change from 2008 is integrated into its 5-year development planning cycles.
•Natural Rural Employment Guarantee Act
India`s Natural Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), launched in 2006, is a Guaranteed Wage Employment program implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development. In its first two-and-a-half years, NREGA generated more than 3.5 billion days of work reaching an average 30 million families per year.