Which of the following is incorrect regarding the recently constituted Apex Committee for the Implem...........

Environment and Ecology Environment- Institutional Structure

Which of the following is incorrect regarding the recently constituted Apex Committee for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (AIPA)?

It has the responsibility of regularly communicating and reporting the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The committee will be chaired by the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

The AIPA will act as a national authority for the regulation of carbon markets in India under the Paris Agreement.

None of the above

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Explanation:

The Government of India has recently constituted the Apex Committee for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (AIPA).
Apex Committee for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (AIPA)
Composition

The Secretary, Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) will be the chairperson and the additional secretary, MoEFCC will be the vice chairperson of the committee

Functions
It has been constituted with the purpose of ensuring:

a coordinated response on climate change matters that protects the country’s interests
India is on track towards meeting its climate change obligations under the Paris Agreement including its submitted Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

The AIPA has the responsibility of regularly communicating and reporting the NDCs to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

It will also define the responsibilities of the government ministries that would be crucial in achieving the country’s climate change mitigation and adaptation goals and submit a report every six months.
The AIPA will also act as a national authority for the regulation of carbon markets in India under the Article 6.2, Article 6.4 and Article 6.8 of the Paris Agreement.

Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)

They are the accounts of the voluntary efforts to be made by countries that are a part of the Paris Agreement, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the impacts of anthropogenic climate change.

The three quantitative goals in the Indian NDCs are

A 33-35 per cent reduction in the gross domestic product emissions intensity by 2030 from 2005 levels
A 40 per cent share of non-fossil fuel based electricity by 2030
Creating a carbon sink of 2.5-3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide through afforestation programmes
Apart from these, there are five other non-quantitive goals in the Indian NDCs.
The NDCs are to be implemented in the post-2020 period.
India had submitted its NDCs in 2015.
Now, the AIPA, with its 17 members, has the responsibility of formulating policies and programmes for implementing them.

Hence option 2nd is correct.