Extends the FAME Guidelines to a number of Indian states. All "Smart Cities" are applicable for coverage under the FAME India Scheme.

An Act to further amend title 25 of the Code of the Federated States of Micronesia, as amended, by creating a new Chapter 8 under subsection II, to implement certain provisions of the FSM’s Nationwide Integrated Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Policy, and for other purposes.

This document is the Policy Guideline on the Implementation of the Government Decree on Policy on Sustainable Hydropower Development (PSHD) in Lao PDR which was approved by the Prime Minister on 12 January 2015 (Decree Nº 02/GOL dated 12/1/2015). The Guideline aims to provide policy guidance to the agencies responsible for overseeing the implementation of investment projects in the hydropower sector as well as to inform and encourage project developers/investors to be aware of the Government policy toward achieving sustainable development in Lao PDR. Four elements of hydropower sustainability represent the Vision of the Government of Lao PDR. These elements consist of “3-E and 1-S”: • Engineering – guarantee safety, ensure the use of modern technology and equipment and prevent or mitigate damage to natural resources and third parties during the survey, design, construction and operation stages; • Economic – reliance upon the maintenance of the renewable resource base, and the use of non-renewable resource rents support the development of other factors of production; • Environment – relies upon the avoidance if irreversible environmental impacts such as the loss of biodiversity, accumulation of persistent pollutants, or disruption of ecological cycles; • Social – based upon the better-off of project affected people from the projects development through the process of public participation.

This policy aims at providing policy guidance and reference to the agencies responsible for overseeing the implementation of investment projects in the hydropower sector as well as to inform and encourage project developers/investors to be aware of the Government policy on sustainable development in Lao PDR. The policy is not catered only for large scale projects but to all scales as necessary. Hydropower development project stages include: planning, construction, operation and transfer of the project. Agencies responsible shall work closely and effectively under the guidance of the Inter-ministerial Committee at the Ministry level formed by Ministry of Energy and Mines to ensure effective implementation of the updated Policy on Sustainable Hydropower Development.

Rural Electrification Project (Program) Phase I (REP I) supports the development of the Laotian power sector, extending the electricity grid to rural households, which account for 68% of the total population, while also promoting off-grid renewable energy throughout the country. Between 1995 and September 2010, electricity access across Lao PDR has steadily increased to 71% from 16%, reaching 730,000 households.

The National Strategy on Climate Change of the Lao PDR outlines the objectives and directions for addressing climate change in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. This include goals for sustainable development, climate change mitigation and adaptation for key sectors of the economy.

The NGPES is the outcome of the 6th Party Congress that identified the long-term goal for Lao PDR to graduate from the status of LDC by 2020. The Strategy is formulated and used as a mechanism to translate the government policy focused on poverty eradication and mobilizing the resources. The NGPES is a comprehensive framework for growth and development, and has a particular focus on the improvement of the poverty situation in the poorest districts. It has thus a dual objective: enhancing growth and development, and reducing poverty.

The Seventh Five-year NSEDP(2011-2015) is a continuation of the the Sixth Five-year NSEDP and it has an important role in realizing the Ninth Party Congress Resolution, and is regarded as a measure for achieving socio-economic development and the industrialization and the modernization between now and the year 2020. It is also expected to create new changes through taking firm steps, to move the country out of its least-developed country status by 2020, and widen and deepen regional and international integration.

The 8th NSEDP is aligned with the Socio-economic Development Strategy until 2025 and Vision 2030 with the aim to build a new foundation for Lao PDR to become an upper-middle-income country by 2030. Through the 8th NSEDP, energy access is conducive to economic growth and at the basis of industrialization and modernization. The objective is to expand electricity access to rural and remote areas to reach 90% by 2020. According to the 8th NSEDP, emphasis should be on hydropower development, thermal electric power, solar energy and industrial energy plants to turn the power sector into a sustainable income-generation sector to reduce poverty. In addition to this, the 8th NSEDP favors the application of a policy, which prioritizes saving energy supported also by international power integration.

Provides for details on the Solar Water Heating Systems scheme under JNNSM of MNRE, Government of India, implemented through National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD).