India, April 29 -- The Delhi government has submitted a draft of its new State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) to the Union environment ministry for final approval, officials aware of the matter said on Tuesday.

They added that the new action plan - SAPCC 2.0 - replaces the existing 2019 plan, which uses older datasets and is less relevant for current weather patterns.

"The SAPCC 2.0 has been submitted to the Union environment ministry for approval. Multiple meetings have been held over the last year to revise and finalise the new plan," said a senior official.

Delhi environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said while the 2019 SAPCC served as Delhi's foundational climate framework in line with the National Action Plan on Climat...