India, April 16 -- On March 25, the Union Cabinet approved India's updated commitments for climate action under the 2015 Paris Agreement. The latest Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which are the third set of commitments India will submit to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), proposes incremental increase in targets for 2031-35 compared to earlier submissions. However, at a time when the world grapples with geopolitical conflict and a strain on supply chains, the updated NDCs reinforce a focus on development with decarbonisation (see "Incremental on surface").

At the core of the NDCs, announced through a statement on Press Information Bureau (PIB), are three headline targets to be achieved by 2035: reducti...