HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday sought to impart the value system of sustainable practices to students as part of long term plan for climate change mitigation. Speaking at the national conference on ‘Post-Paris Climate Change Action', Javadekar reiterated the important role played by India under PM Modi's leadership, without which consensus was impossible in Paris Agreement. Javadekar who took over as the new HRD Minister a week ago, identified the role of HRD Ministry to environmentally sensitive students by adopting low carbon lifestyle.
Before taking over as HRD Minister, Javadekar was the Environment Minister in Modi Cabinet and expressed full faith in his successor in Environment Ministry Anil Dave terming him a passionate environmentalist. Javadekar also exhorted industries and all the sectors towards achieving the commitments of INDCs (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) at the earliest. He wished the experts at the conference organised by Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe) to contribute towards constructive discourse on Climate Change actions. Recounting the numerous visionary steps like green taxes like Coal cess, taxes on moto-emitters, Ujala scheme, ethanol blending etc, he stated “India has taken the lead and the world must follow to realise the commitments”.