above preindustrial 18501900 level the article 4 paragraph 9 of the agreement provides that each country will communicateupdate a ndc every five yearsindia in its updated submission said that the countrys ndc is ambitious and it is a significant contribution towards achieving the goals of the paris agreement environmentally sustainable low carbon initiatives are underpinning all key sectors of the indian economyreaffirming its commitment to the unfccc and the paris agreement on climate change indias submission noted that it has not proposed any change in other sections or text of the document containing its first ndc submitted on october 2 2015 at this stageindias eight goals1 to put forward and further propagate a healthy and sustainable way of living based on traditions and values of conservation and moderation including through a mass movement for life lifestyle for environment as a key to combating climate change2 to adopt a climate friendly and a cleaner path than the one followed hitherto by others at corresponding level of economic development3 to reduce emissions intensity of its gdp by 45 percent by 2030 from 2005 level4 to achieve about 50 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from nonfossil fuelbased energy resources by 2030 with the help of transfer of technology and lowcost international finance including from green climate fund gcf5 to create an additional carbon sink of 25 to 3 billion tonnes of co2 equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 20306 to better adapt to climate change by enhancing investments in development programmes in sectors vulnerable to climate change particularly agriculture water resources himalayan region coastal regions health and disaster management7 to mobilize domestic and new additional funds from developed countries to implement the above mitigation and adaptation actions in view of the resource required and the resource gap8 to build capacities create domestic framework and international architecture for quick diffusion of cutting edge climate technology in india and for joint collaborative rd for such future technologies