BENGALURU, Sept 16:Union Minister for Science
andTechnology Harsh Vardhan said on Monday that the country
was on course to generate 175 GW of clean energy by 2022.
“You know our Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) has said
that by 2022, we want to have at least 175 GW of clean energy
production in thecountry, out of which 100 GW would be
through solar and rest throughother sources”, he said here.
“We are making good progress. In fact, we are leading
from the front,” the Minister said after inaugurating the
National Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research and the
National Clean Coal Research and Development Centre at the
Indian Institute of Science here,” he said.
The country has set a target of reducing the emission
of greenhouse gases between 33 per cent and 35 per cent to
combat climate change and global warming. So far, the country
has been able to reduce it to 21 per cent, Harsh Vardhan said.
Speaking about the ‘Ayushman Bharat’, a health
insurace scheme, the Minister, who also holds the Health
portfolio, said more than 50 lakh people have availed
themselves of benefits under it over the past one year, and
the government has spent Rs 7,500 crore.
The government, he said, was trying to build “good
quality synergy” in terms of research work at various
laboratories which, he added, was lacking earlier.
This synergy would help achieve the Prime Minister’s
vision of making the country among top scientific nations by
2030”, Harsh Vardhan said, adding, the country was already
ranked number three in the world in the field of nano
technology. (PTI)
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