Agriculture Real Strength Supporting India's Fuel Energy Security: Nitin Gadkari
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Nitin Gadkari referred agriculture as India's real strength and stated that the government intends to diversify it into the energy and power sector.
New Delhi: Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday referred agriculture as India's real strength and stated that the government intends to diversify it into the energy and power sector. While addressing the Bio-Energy Summit 2021, Gadkari said, "India's fuel energy security can be well supported by agriculture as it provides opportunities for concepts such as waste to wealth and waste to energy and ultimately leading to the benefit of all."
He mentioned that the target will be achieved through a five-phased strategy: adopting biofuels and renewables, implementing energy efficiency norms, improving refinery processes, increasing domestic production and achieving demand substitution.
Gadkari said the five-phased strategy uses a role for biofuels in the Indian energy basket.
India is committed to meet the Paris Climate Agreement, where efforts are centered to reduce carbon emissions by 33 to 35% by 2030, Gadkari stated.
