Ahead of Budget day, PM Modi announces clean-energy plan
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Ahead of the much-awaited
During RE-invest 2015, India’s first Renewable Energy Global Investors’ Meet and Expo held in February,
The Economic Survey further stated that PM Modi has set a
According to the Economic Survey report authored by Arvind Subramanian, the government's chief economic adviser, "It offers a very good opportunity for businesses to set and scale up industry, leapfrog technologies and create volumes." The report also added that immediate plans also include scaling up total renewable capacity to 170 GW from 33.8 GW.
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A government source told Reuters that
Despite Narendra Modi's promise to supply 24 hours power to India's huge population of 1.2 billion people by 2019, the survey warned people against excessive usage of fossil fuel. The report said that “we have an opportunity to avoid excessive dependence on fossil-fuel-based energy systems and carbon lock-ins that many industrialised countries face today.”
Even in this age of globalisation, nearly 280 million people in India are still living without power in 56 million homes.
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