New Delhi, Aug 08: India is taking the lead in addressing global concerns, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said here on Tuesday.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading the global climate movement and the world is ready to be led by India in its fight against climate change – a concern that like the COVID pandemic knows no borders, respects no wealth or any other artificial human division,” Dr Jitendra said while interacting with a delegation of the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) who called on him on Tuesday.
The PHD Chamber is an Industry Partner for ENTICE – Energy Transitions Innovation Challenge, an innovation platform for accelerating people-positive energy transitions. The Chamber has also set up the Centre of Excellence in Green Hydrogen (CoE-GH), a state-of-the-art knowledge facility to bridge the gap between government, academia, and industry. The centre aims to facilitate partnerships for capacity building.
Dr Singh called upon the PHDCCI to commercially exploit India’s first indigenously developed hydrogen fuel cell bus, developed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL) and Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CSIR-CECRI)KPIT in collaboration with KPIT Limited, a Pune-based software multinational. The hydrogen fuel cell bus was launched by Dr Jitendra in August last year.
The minister said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is implementing the largest Renewable Energy (RE) expansion programme in the world envisaging a 5-fold increase in the overall RE capacity in the country. “India is committed to achieving 500 GW of installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by the year 2030 and reducing the projected emissions by one billion tonnes from now to 2030,” he said.
He said the last nine years have witnessed the Indian crusade against climate change. “We have already achieved our commitment of 40% energy production from renewable sources, way ahead of the 2030 Paris Agreement target,” he said. “India has developed a roadmap and a strategy for a bio-based economy which is inching towards 150 billion USD by the year 2025. This will facilitate infrastructure for bio-manufacturing of low-carbon bio-based products.”
Dr Singh said the Government of India through Public -Private partnerships is ensuring the funding for clean energy innovations as envisioned under Mission Innovation 2.0. He that India through “Mission Innovation” is actively engaged in collaborative efforts to catalyze inspiring innovation goals.
He said the National Mission initiatives such as Make in India, Digital India, Start-up India, and Green India, Smart Cities have encouraged hubs of clean energy innovation all over the country. “Today when India is celebrating the 75th year of its Independence, the roadmap for the next 25 years for India @100, will be determined by scientific and technological innovations in all walks of life,” the minister said.
