Having announced a 20-25 per cent emission intensity reduction by 2020, India will now focus on the high carbon emitting sectors like cement manufacturing, power generation, transport, steel and building construction. An interim roadmap will be in place by April this year. The final plan of action will, however, be ready only in September. "We will identify various options and scope available to reduce energy use in major carbon emission sectors," eminent economist Kirit Parikh, who heads the Planning Commission-constituted expert group on strategies for low carbon development, told media persons after its first meeting. The meeting also had the participation of Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. Maintaining that the committee would hold consultations and public meetings across the country besides invite serious suggestions from the public, Parikh said India would have its own roadmap on emissions instead of relying on foreign data. The committee's decision assumes importance against the backdrop of the forthcoming meeting of Brazil, South Africa, India and China (BASIC) on January 24 in Delhi to deliberate on adopting a common position and strategy on the Copenhagen Accord to which they are the signatories and which has set January 31 as the deadline for putting out the respective emission reduction commitments and climate actions. The committee will do a detailed analysis to find out if it was possible to reach that target (20-25 per cent) without additional money and will also calculate what additional can be done in case of receipt of additional funds. Its brief includes a review of the existing studies on low carbon growth, low carbon pathways for India prepared by various organisations; further analysis to assess low carbon options for the Indian economy; outline ways to reduce carbon emissions intensity; evaluate key alternative low carbon options with an analysis of their cost benefit and relative merits and demerits; prepare a plan of critical low carbon initiatives to be undertaken; draw up a list of sector-specific initiatives with suggested timeline and targets; and prepare a list of enabling legislations, rules and policies as required to operationalise the low carbon roadmap. South Africa, India and China (BASIC) will meet on January 24 in Delhi to deliberate on adopting a common position on the Copenhagen Accord to which they are the signatories and which has set January 31 as the deadline for putting out the respective emission reduction commitments .