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Enhancing India’s Readiness to Climate Finance

India has taken several steps to improve its national response to climate change. India’s climate finance requirements, however, are very high, and will need to be met through a combination of public, private and international climate finance. See more at: http://shaktifoundation.in/

India has taken several steps to improve its national response to climate change. India’s climate finance requirements, however, are very high, and will need to be met through a combination of public, private and international climate finance. See more at: http://shaktifoundation.in/

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<strong>Enhancing</strong> <strong>India’s</strong> readiness <strong>to</strong> access and deliver international climate finance<br />

Table V.2: CTF access procedures in India:<br />

Process/action<br />

Scope of activities (e.g.<br />

mitigation and/or<br />

adaptation) and specific<br />

definition of these activities<br />

Project design and<br />

beneficiary selection<br />

Who is responsible?<br />

The activities and specific definition are vetted and decided by MoEFCC and DEA.<br />

A Phase 1 investment plan was submitted <strong>to</strong> the CTF in 2011 65<br />

Department of economic affairs under MoF and MoEFCC<br />

Eligible expenditure<br />

Indian financial institution (e.g. IREDA) are the financial intermediaries, and the main<br />

executing department is the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy<br />

Direct or indirect financing<br />

Choice of financing<br />

instruments<br />

Implementing entities<br />

MRV / ME processes<br />

Indirect financing<br />

FF<br />

IA SG/CG LM MoF<br />

FF<br />

To seek the grant, the implementing agency (e.g. World Bank) requests the participation<br />

of the State government, which forwards the invitation <strong>to</strong> the line Ministry. The line<br />

Ministry then reviews the request and forwards it <strong>to</strong> MoF for endorsement. Once<br />

received, the MoF will release the funds directly <strong>to</strong> the State government, which will<br />

pass it on <strong>to</strong> the Implementing Agency.<br />

Concessional Loans or grants<br />

World Bank, IFC, ADB/ ADB-PSOD<br />

IA: Implementing Agency<br />

SG/CG: State Govt/Central<br />

Govt<br />

LM: Line Ministry<br />

MoF: Ministry of <strong>Finance</strong><br />

FF: Fund Flow<br />

M&E of the projects financed by the CTF will be carried out using M&E pro<strong>to</strong>cols<br />

applied by MDBs for concessional finance.<br />

Table V.3: The CTF project cycle:<br />

Steps/Actions Responsible Ac<strong>to</strong>r Performance Standards<br />

I. Concept & Preparation<br />

1. MDBs conduct joint mission <strong>to</strong> prepare Investment<br />

Plans.<br />

<br />

<br />

MDB identification mission and project concept<br />

review for individual investment operations proposed<br />

as part of Investment Plan<br />

Approval of Investment Plan by Government.<br />

2. TFC reviews Investment Plan, and endorses MDB<br />

designation for operations, eligibility and priorities for<br />

individual projects, and indicates notional resource<br />

envelope for individual projects.<br />

MDB and Recipient<br />

Country Government<br />

TFC<br />

According <strong>to</strong> criteria and<br />

guidelines established by<br />

Trust Fund Committee,<br />

including coordination with<br />

other development partners.<br />

MDB Investment Lending<br />

guidelines for identification<br />

and project concept review.<br />

Virtual review by the TFC on<br />

a monthly basis.<br />

3. MDB supports preparation of individual projects by<br />

borrower.<br />

<br />

Examples of key MDB steps: project concept note<br />

review, quality enhancement review, appraisal<br />

decision.<br />

Borrower & MDB According <strong>to</strong> MDB<br />

operational policies and<br />

procedures, consistent with<br />

CTF investment plan<br />

<br />

MDB <strong>to</strong> include an external technical peer reviewer in<br />

its standard review/clearance steps for project<br />

processing.<br />

II. Appraisal-Negotiations- Board-Effectiveness<br />

65 http://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/cif/sites/climateinvestmentfunds.org/files/CTF_India_investment_plan_101411.pdf<br />

Ref: Ricardo-AEA/R/ED59216/Final Report<br />

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