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Renewable Energy Capacity
Has Grown 40-Fold
n Today, renewable Renewable energy capacity India’s Solar
sources account has now surpassed the Power Capacity
generation capacity. 250 Gigawatt
for half of the
country’s total energy

n To ensure that electricity— n Under the GOBARdhan 130 GW 40-fold increase
rather than gas—is utilised scheme, efforts have 2 GW
to the maximum extent focused on the production
for domestic purposes, the of Compressed Biogas
'PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli (CBG). To date, more 2014 2026
Yojana' (Free Electricity than 100 plants have
Scheme) was implemented. So become operational across
far, approximately 3 million the country, and work is
households have installed currently underway on
rooftop solar systems under over 600 additional plants.
this scheme.

NAXALISM duties while keeping national interest paramount.
In 2013, more than 180 districts were affected by
Maoist terror; today, that number has dropped to THE NEXT LEVEL OF PROGRESS...
a single digit. The result is that areas once forced Today, the country is moving towards next-generation
to live under the shadow of fear are now pulsating digital infrastructure. UPI has taken digital payments
with a new energy of development. to the next level. Today, India has become the fastest
country in the world for real-time digital payments. The
INDIA IS MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE... pace at which India is progressing today makes it im-
Today’s India isn’t just dreaming. India is making them possible to stop its momentum. The aspirations of 1.4
come true. That’s why the world is saying, “India isn’t billion Indians have now reached the next level. I know
just progressing but moving to the next level.” During that when one dream is fulfilled, new dreams and new
the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve seen that when we work aspirations are born. Now, the hopes and aspirations
together, a country’s ability to face crises increases ex- of 1.4 billion Indians will be fulfilled. India will become
ponentially. Today, the country faces another challenge, self-reliant in every sector, and India will become a de-
and therefore, we must work together, fulfilling our veloped nation under all circumstances. n

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