India's 2030 Goals: A Sustainable And Technologically Sound Construction Nation

This article was first published in Construction Law International, Vol 18 No 2, July 2023, and is reproduced by kind permission of the International Bar Association, London, UK. © International Bar Association.

As a developing country with the second largest population in the world, India is arguably highly dependent on construction. According to the submission made by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) of India to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dated November 2022, the nation's buildings account for 40 per cent of the country's total energy consumption, with such energy use expected to increase at an annual rate of eight per cent. The MoEFCC further predicts the development and construction of over 900 million square metres of residential and commercial space across India over the next few years.