Prime Minister of India - Dr. Manmohan Singh

Constituted on 6th June 2008, a committee chaired by the Prime Minister called Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change will coordinate national action for assessment, adaptation and mitigation of climate change.

 

The composition of the Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change is as follows.

 

Chairperson   1)       Prime Minister

 

Members       2)      External Affairs Minister

                    3)      Finance Minister

                    4)      Minister of Environment and Forests

                    5)      Minister of Agriculture

                    6)     Minister of Water Resources

                    7)     Minister of Science and Technology

                    8)     Minister of New and Renewable Energy

                    9)     Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission

                  10)      National Security Advisor

                  11)      Dr. C. Rangarajan, Chairman, Economic Advisory  

                          Council

                  12)      Shri Ratan Tata, Chairman, Investment Commission

                  13)      Shri V. Krishnamurthy, Chairman, National

                          Manufacturing Competitive Council

                  14)       Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to PM

                  15)       Dr. R K Pachauri, Chairperson, TERI

                  16)      Dr. Prodipto Ghosh

                  17)      Dr. Nitin Desai

                  18)      Dr. Sunita Narain

                  19)      Shri Chandrashekhar Dasgupta

                  20)      Mr. Ajay Mathur, Chairman, Bureau of Energy

                          Efficiency

                  21)      Dr. Jyoti Parekh, Director, IRADe

                  22)      Mr. Raj Chengappa

                  23)      Dr. R Ramachandran

                  24)      Foreign Secretary

                  25)      Secretary, M/O Environment and Forests

                  26)      Principal Secretary to PM                  –  Convenor. 

         The Chairman may invite any other Minister/ Officer/Experts to any meeting of the Committee depending upon the context of the meeting.

 

         Charter  

 

         The Committee would focus on the following tasks:

 

a)     Evolve a coordinated response to issues relating to climate change at the national level ;

b)     Provide oversight for formulation of action plans in the area of assessment, adaptation and mitigation of climate change;

c)     Periodically monitor key policy decisions. 

 

The committee would be serviced by the Prime Minister's Office, which

may obtain assistance as required from any Ministry/ Department/

Agency of Government. Specifically, the Ministry of Environment and

Forests will assist PMO in facilitating the work of this Committee.