Srinagar, March 3 -- India on Monday said there should be a new global platform that will accelerate the adoption of a circular economy by connecting cities, academia and tech innovators.

Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the Cities Coalition for Circularity (C3) platform could be in line with the spirit of the Jaipur declaration, to be adopted on the closing day of the 12th Regional 3R and Circular Economy Forum in the Asia and the Pacific that began on Monday.

The event on the theme "Realising Circular Societies Towards Achieving SDGs and Carbon Neutrality in Asia-Pacific" was inaugurated by Khattar in the presence of Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma.

"Today, from this platform, India proposes ...