India has no commitment of submitting fresh targets for cutting green house gas emissions: Govt

India has made no commitment to submit fresh targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, a senior official from the environment ministry said on Saturday while dismissing reports that the country has missed the deadline set by the UN climate change agency to provide an update. A foreign news agency has reported that India and China have missed the deadline of July 30 set by the United Nations (UN) to provide an update on their plans for curbing the release of planet-warming gases.

Dismissing the report, Environment Secretary R P Gupta said, “India has no such commitment of making and declaring fresh targets. We have not signed any such agreement.”