India ahead of developed countries on clean energy pledge, says Govt.

Power Minister R. K. Singh on Friday told the Lok Sabha that India was outstripping developed countries in terms of achieving pledges with regard to clean energy. He said this while moving the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 in the Lok Sabha, a Bill that seeks to make it mandatory for buildings with a minimum connected load of 100 KW to meet their energy requirements from renewable sources. “Large economies and developed countries are no match to India in the speed at achieving pledges for clean energy…. There are two reasons for it — one is our concern for the environment and the second reason is that we want to make our country self-reliant,” he said. “We have to end our dependence on foreign imports of things like petroleum and coking coal, “ Mr. Singh added. The Bill seeks to mandate the use of non-fossil sources, including green hydrogen and green ammonia,…

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