Govt launches initiative to leverage emerging technologies in power sector

The government has launched a ‘Mission on Advanced and High-Impact Research (MAHIR)’ with a view to leverage emerging technologies in the power sector and make the country a manufacturing hub.

The ‘Mission on Advanced and High-Impact Research (MAHIR)’ aims to facilitate indigenous research, development and demonstration of the latest and emerging technologies in the power sector, a power ministry statement said.

By identifying emerging technologies and taking them to the implementation stage, the mission seeks to leverage them as the main fuel for future economic growth and thus make India a manufacturing hub of the world, it stated.