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Namami Gange...
FOR A CLEAN AND REJUVENATED GANGES RIVER.
n The river Ganga not only n The Nanmami Gange
has cultural and spiritual Mission was launched
importance, but 40% of in June 2014. Till March
the country's population is 2022, 364 projects with
dependent on it. an estimated cost of Rs
n In 2014, while addressing 30,853 crore have been
the Indian community at approved, of which 183
Madison Square Garden have been commissioned.
in New York, the Prime n In 2014, there was a
Minister said, "If we are sewerage treatment
able to clean it, it will prove capacity of 1305 MLD,
to be a great help to 40 which increased to 2407
per cent of the country's MLD in 2022. The Namami
population. So cleaning the Gange Mission has been
Ganga is also an economic approved till 2026.
agenda".
70 A Step Towards the National Hydrogen Mission
The world, battling climate n With the implementation of this policy, the common people of the
change, is now looking towards country will get clean fuel. This will reduce reliance on fossil fuels as
alternative sources of energy. well as crude oil imports.It also aims to make India an export hub for
To make India an energy-rich green hydrogen and green ammonia. This policy promotes renewable
nation by 2047, Prime Minister energy generation.
Modi announced the National
Hydrogen Mission on August 15, n The government has encouraged expansion of gas pipeline
2021, from the ramparts of the infrastructure across the country and proposed reforms to the power
grid, including the introduction of smart grids.
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