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YOU CAN ALSO CONTRIBUTE THROUGH THESE STEPS

SAVING ENERGY Plant alternately. Move on to Fix leaks in flushes,

the cropping system. Pulses faucets, and waterpipes.
Use a shower in the bath
and oilseeds from rice and and a flush in the toilet that
wheat cultivation uses less water.
Use efficient water-saving Install a water metre in your
technologies. home to measure water
Create rainwater harvesting consumption regularly.
infrastructure in homes,
schools, and offices. Use the water from the
AC or RO system to clean
Wherever possible, use drip utensils, water plants, etc.
irrigation systems made from
waste materials. Prioritize a water-saving
water cleaning system.
Reuse the water from the
washed vegetables for plants REDUCE THE USE OF
and other purposes.
Soak heavy utensils and pans SINGLE-USE PLASTIC
before washing them.
Cultivate low-water crops Use cloth bags instead of
like millet. Every time fresh water comes plastic bags when you go
from the tap, do not throw
Participate in the process of away unused water. shopping.
refilling rural water bodies Carry a water bottle with you
through the Amrit Sarovar Use buckets instead of pipes wherever possible.
Yojana. to wash floors or vehicles.

in 2014, then Prime Minister Modi set a target to 2030, which will help reduce carbon emissions by
reach 100 GW by 2022. By achieving this goal 60 million tonnes.
even before this stipulated time, India has shown India's industries have started working
a new path to the world. Not only this, the price of with new technology with the goal of net zero
solar energy has come down from Rs 16 a unit to emission by 2050. In such a situation, India can
Rs 2 a unit today. India laid the foundation of the easily achieve the target of reduction of 1 billion
International Solar Alliance (ISA) in 2015. Solar tonnes of carbon emissions as envisioned by the
energy is a great alternative energy. It is the result Prime Minister. Even during the COP 26 meeting,
of the progress of the International Solar Alliance the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi,
that India will probably be the only country in the started the 'Infrastructure for the Resilient Island
world where commercial aircraft have taken off Status (IRIS)' so that no country in the world was
from bio-fuel. Battery storage is a challenge in the left behind in the path of development. This is
field of solar energy, for which India is continuously an important initiative for the development of
working. The target is to make railways green by infrastructure in small island countries. The Prime

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