India will achieve clean energy goals before 2022: MoS
Published: Aug 08, 2018
By TIOLCORPLAWS News Service
NEW DELHI, AUG 08, 2018: The Union Minister, MoS (IC), Power and New & Renewable Energy, Mr Raj Kumar Singh, while speaking at the launch of NITI Aayog and CII Partnership on SDGs, at the Government and Business Partnership Conclave in New Delhi today has mentioned that business and government must partner for sustainable development of India. The event was organised by NITI Aayog, CII and UN.
The Minister said that in sustainable development three things matter the most: energy, water and circular economy/green industry. To action his 2022 agenda, he expressed confidence that India would achieve its clean energy goals even earlier than 2022 and urged everyone to be conscious and responsible towards the environment.
Mr Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, in his address highlighted the high pace of urbanisation of India at a time when the countries such as USA and Europe are almost through with this process. Given our population, he emphasised that the only way to grow and develop sustainably is to use technology to leapfrog: use new and renewable energy and push for R&D and innovation to generate demand for electric vehicles, hydrogen cars, etc. and to find local solutions for 7 million strong population around the world.'
Speaking at the occasion, Mr Yuri Afanasiev, UN Resident Coordinator, said that the conditions in India are favourable due to its nature, history and demography, to come up with solutions towards a sustainable and circular economy for the world to emulate.
CII-NITI Aayog have entered into a three-year partnership and an MoU was signed. This partnership focuses on specific activities that seeks to develop: 1. Vision and Action Agenda for businesses and industries to contribute to SDGs; 2. Annual Status Reports; 3. Sector-specific Best Practise Documents. On this occasion Dr Ashok Kumar Jain, Adviser, NITI Aayog, spoke about the partnership and welcomed CII for innovative initiatives going forward.
