Explanation:

 India released its much-awaited National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) to mitigate and adapt to climate change on June 30, 2008, almost a year after it was announced. The NAPCC runs through 2017 and directs ministries to submit detailed implementation plans to the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change by December 2008. This article briefly reviews the plan and opinion about it from different experts and organizations.The action plan outlines a number of steps to simultaneously advance India's development and climate change-related objectives. The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) encompasses a range of measures. It focuses on eight missions, which are as follows:

1.National Solar Mission 2.National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency 3.National Mission on Sustainable Habitat 4.National Water Mission 5.National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem 6.Green India Mission 7.National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture 8.National Mission on Strategic Knowledge for Climate Change.