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NATION India Energy Week
THE COUNTRY’S ENERGY SECTOR IS CRUCIAL IN THE RESOLUTION OF VIKSIT BHARAT
INDIA ENRICHING NATURE
WHILE PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT
The energy sector plays an f India’s energy sector has improved
important role in the journey of significantly in the past decade, it is thanks to
a country from a developing to a the commitment of the central government
Ithat has followed the path to become the first
developed nation. That is why, when G20 nation to achieve the targets of Paris
the world is facing an unprecedented agreement. India has already met the target of 40%
energy crisis due to growing installed power capacity from non-fossil fuels by
population and climate change, this November 2021. It has also achieved 200 gigawatts
of capacity under a new target of 500 gigawatts of
sector is among the most important renewable energy by the year 2030. Referring to
priorities for India, moving forward these achievements of India in his address, Prime
with the determination of a Viksit Minister Narendra Modi emphasized that India’s
Bharat. Inaugurating India Energy energy ambitions are built on five pillars: harnessing
resources, encouraging innovation among brilliant
Week in Delhi, Prime Minister minds, economic strength and political stability,
Narendra Modi also mentioned it strategic geography, and making energy trade
and reiterated India’s commitment attractive and easier. Prime Minister Modi said that
to enrich nature while promoting India’s sedimentary basins hold numerous
hydrocarbon resources, some of which have
development... already been identified, while others await
