India to meet half of its energy needs from renewable by 2030: NITI member
India’s non-fossil energy capacity will reach 500GW by 2030 and the country shall meet half of its energy requirements through renewable energy, reducing the carbon intensity of its economy by less than 45 per cent, NITI Aayog member V K Saraswat said on Monday.
Speaking at an event here, Saraswat said, “Furthermore, India will also reduce the total projected carbon emissions by 1 billion tonnes from now onwards till 2030. By the year 2070, India will achieve the target of Net Zero”.
He was addressing the Norway-India Business Summit 2022 organized by CII in association with the Embassy of Norway.
