Prime Minister Narendra Modi. New Delhi; The country is engaged in a massive push to reduce dependency on fossil fuels and focus on renewable energy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday, indicating that solar energy is India’s answer to the problem of climate change. India is among the world’s fastest growing economies and is committed to raising the standards of its people, but in a way that is sustainable and green, Modi said on World Environment Day. Modi said India targeted generation of 175GW of solar energy by 2022. “We are already the fifth largest producer of solar energy and the sixth largest producer of renewable energy,” he said.

Source: Mint June 05, 2018 16:07 UTC