‘India’s green-energy shift shielded it from global crises’: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Learn the reported action together with its current status. “We all know, the future of energy security lies in clean energy,” he said, describing India’s 12-year clean energy journey as one defined by promises, passion and performance, exemplified by its COP-26 commitment to achieve 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030.“We have fulfilled our Paris pledge of sourcing half of the installed power capacity from non-fossil sources in 2025 — five years ahead of schedule. India now ranks among the top three nations in solar and renewable energy, with over 50% non-fossil installed capacity and nearly 300 GW already achieved towards the 500 GW target,” Modi said.“This target is somewhat difficult, but I have faith in the capability of my country; therefore I say, we will do it,” he said.

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Distinguish the reported action from any further step explicitly stated in the report. He said the future of energy security lay in clean energy and announced that India planned to install another 500 GW of non-fossil energy capacity over the next 10 to 11 years.“The West Asia crisis is still ongoing. He said a decade of sustained domestic investment and systemic reforms in clean energy had shielded India from severe external shocks.“If India had not invested in clean energy and created new systems for this over the past decade, then our crisis could have been much more severe than the rest of the world,” he said.

• “We all know, the future of energy security lies in clean energy,” he said, describing India’s 12-year clean energy journey as one defined by promises, passion and performance, exemplified by its COP-26 commitment to achieve 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030.“We have fulfilled our Paris pledge of sourcing half of the installed power capacity from non-fossil sources in 2025 — five years ahead of schedule. • India now ranks among the top three nations in solar and renewable energy, with over 50% non-fossil installed capacity and nearly 300 GW already achieved towards the 500 GW target,” Modi said.“This target is somewhat difficult, but I have faith in the capability of my country; therefore I say, we will do it,” he said. • Over the past 12 years, Modi said, more than 44,000 government buildings had been connected to solar energy, saving nearly ₹700 crore annually, while the KUSUM scheme had provided solar irrigation to over 3 million farmers.