For a country like India, where development is an imperative, environmental consequences can be substantial as it will place serious constraints on natural resources such as land, water, minerals, and fossil fuels, driving up energy and commodity prices. The extent to which its economy will “grow green” will depend on its ability to reduce the quantity of resources required over time to support economic growth that leads to enhancement of social equity and job creation. Green growth could play an important role in balancing these priorities. 

However, managing fiscal deficits and public debts are two key challenges for national policy making, which could make technological change required for green growth more difficult. Fiscal considerations and trade balance will also continue to be important drivers for shaping India’s macro-economic policy. Hence, it becomes essential to understand and maximize the development benefits, such as on such as income, energy access, and trade, of green growth interventions across all key sectors. 

The project objective is to demonstrate that Green Growth and development measures bring about a positive change by lifting additional people above poverty, thereby impacting the key education and health indicators as well. These green growth interventions include increased share of renewable energy (RE), sustainable agriculture practices, better natural resource management, and structural changes within industry and infrastructure sector. This project is aligned with IO1. Strengthened national, sub-national and local green growth planning, financing and institutional frameworks and IO2. Increased green growth investment flows which enable partner governments to implement green growth policies. 

Implementation of low carbon green growth strategies requires concerted policy action and interventions through i.) Mainstreaming Green Growth in decision-making processes ii.) Addressing data gaps iii.) Mobilizing finance iv.) Commissioning pilots and technology demonstration Pilots v.) Enhancing financial, technical, and institutional capacities of government as well as the voluntary sector vi.) Understanding emerging issues. GGGI will play the role of the facilitator and technical support for policy and project interventions.  

Impact: Green Growth through increased clean forms of energy and reduced carbon footprint leads to sustainable and inclusive development. 

Outcome: Feasibility assessed for commercialization of vegetable-based biogas generation for three municipalities and biogas action plan developed for one priority municipality of Bangalore   

Project Outputs completed in 2019: 

i. Green Growth Policies:N/A

ii. Green Investments: 

• Advisory outputs for inform investment proposals: Dipstick Study & National Workshop where GGGI studied the potential of biogas production from vegetable waste in three selected cities of India – Ghaziabad, Bhopal and Bangalore. Carried out a dipstick (preliminary) study to establish a business case for commercialization of biogas from wholesale vegetable market waste in selected cities. The study undertook a ground-level analysis of the business case for commercialization of biogas from wholesale vegetable market waste. It was followed by a National Workshop. 
• Detailed Assessment Study where GGGI undertook detailed study of Fruit and Vegetable Market of Bengaluru, Karnataka to develop Business Model for the commercialization of Compressed Biogas (CBG) / BioCNG production utilizing the waste generated from fruit and vegetable markets of Bengaluru. 

iii. Capacity Building and Knowledge Products:  

• Total of 3 capacity building activity including National Workshop in Delhi, INBIOM Innovation for Biomass in Denmark, and EU-India Urban Forum