i. Taking the lead on tackling climate change, India will eliminate the use of HFC-23, a greenhouse gas that harms the ozone layer, by 2030.
ii. The announcement came at a meeting of parties to the Montreal Protocol at Kigali in Rwanda where final negotiations are taking place to substantially reduce the use of HFCs (hydro fluoro carbons) by 2030. The Montreal Protocol, which came into force in 1989, is aimed at reducing the production and consumption of ozone depleting substances in order to protect the earth’s fragile ozone layer.
iii. Anil Madhav Dave, minister of state for environment, forests and climate change, who is leading the Indian team, has given the go-ahead for releasing the order for incinerating the HFC–23 by producers of HCFC–22 gas.