Government of India and UNDP has initiated a programme entitled ‘Supporting national development objectives with co-benefits of mitigating climate change’. This initiative aims to support the Government of India’s efforts to fulfil national commitments under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. The project proposes to support national efforts to reduce GHGs by focusing on the following themes– (i) energy efficiency improvements in select energy intensive sectors (ii) enhanced access to clean energy, (iii) leveraging environmental finance and (iv) knowledge sharing. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is the implementing partner for the component of the project dealing with `enhanced access to clean energy’.