Environment Ministry launches new website of NCDMA

NEW DELHI, November 2: Environment Ministry has launched a new website of National Clean Development Mechanism Authority (NCDMA) for streamlining the approval process of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects. The new website of National Clean Development Mechanism Authority (NCDMA), which gives approval for CDM projects like energy efficiency and solid waste management, will help capture the entire life cycle of projects. "It will enable monitoring of the projects at different stages. This web-based application will promote transparency in operation and monitor activities relating to the CDM projects in the country. It will be the first such web-based application developed globally in this direction," Environment Secretary Ashok Lavasa said. The new website - http://www.ncdmaindia.gov.in was launched last Friday. The National Clean Development Mechanism Authority was established in December 2003 for according Host Country Approval (HCA) to the CDM projects. Till April 30 this year, it has accorded HCA to 2,941 projects facilitating possible investment of about Rs 5,79,306 crores in the country. These projects are in sectors of energy efficiency, fuel switching, industrial processes, municipal solid waste, renewable energy and forestry which spread across the country. Since the inception of NCDMA, it used to approve projects based on the submission of hard copies of all documents. In July 2010, the Ministry developed the existing website to reduce the processing time and large-scale usage of papers to automate the project data submission process.