The plenary session on 'Energy for Sustainable Growth' webinar will be addressed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi today to discuss the initiatives of the Government of India in the energy and resources sector including the Budget 2022 announcements.

The plenary session will be followed by six thematic breakout sessions which would take place parallelly. The concluding session will be chaired by R. K. Singh, Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India. 

The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) will be conducting the breakout session on “Scaling up of Renewable Energy”, which will be moderated by Indu Shekhar Chaturvedi, Secretary, MNRE and will have eminent speakers from the public and private sector.

India has a target of installing about 300 GW of solar power capacity by 2030. To reduce dependence on imports and incentivize domestic solar PV manufacturing, the government has taken various policy and programme measures to enhance solar manufacturing in the country.

MNRE has accordingly developed the National Green Hydrogen Mission with the objectives of decarbonising major sectors of the economy, contributing to India’s energy independence and serving as an inspiration for the global clean energy transition. The proposed National Hydrogen Mission accordingly seeks to evolve a framework for demand creation, support for indigenous manufacturing, research & development, pilot projects in emerging areas, and an enabling ecosystem of policies, regulations and standards. The proposed measures are expected to scale up production, use and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives.