NEW DELHI: India November 29 objected to the UNDP recommendation for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent over three decades starting from 2020 and said such a measure should be done on a per capita emission basis.Developed countries have significantly contributed to emission of greenhouse gases and hence the onus lies on them to reduce it, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia said at a press conference.

"The recommendations of the (UN Development Programme) report that industrialized world should reduce total emissions by 80 per cent by 2050 and the developing world by 20 per cent by then are not fair," Ahluwalia said, commenting on the suggestions made in the UNDP's Human Development Report 2007-08 which was released in Brazil.Ahluwalia said, "In fact these are the concessions we are giving to tell the world that we are a responsible country and are keen to contribute to combat global warming." he said.

He referred to the statement made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at G8 Summit at Hellingdom that "India is ready to cap its emissions level if the developed countries agree to cut down their emissions." Regarding allegations that India's growing population negates the theory of per capita emissions, the member of the Task Force on Climate Change said, a barometer for emissions can be settled on an identified census.

The report recommends, "Targets under the Kyoto Protocol period be implemented by developed countries, with a further agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 per cent by 2050." It further recommends that major emitters in developing countries should aim at an emissions trajectory that peaks in 2020, with 20 per cent cuts by 2050.