India’s Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and Power Minister Piyush Goyal met US Secretary of State John Kerry in New York.
Both the minister discussed with Mr. Kerry a range of issues including how India and the US can continue to work together on the issue of climate change.
The two ministers met Kerry last night, hours after the historic signing ceremony by 175 nations of the Paris climate change agreement in the United Nations headquarters.
The ministers informed Mr. Kerry about the steps India was taking towards sustainable development and tackling climate change.
The steps include the 26 new initiatives taken by the Narendra Modi government since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in December last year such as the six dollar per tonne tax on coal production and building 500,000 toilets for girl students in schools where there were no separate toilets.