‘Need to diversify agriculture towards power, energy sectors’
With India being energy deficient, there is a need for the country to diversify agriculture into energy and power sectors, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday.
“We already have energy shortage. We are making an expenditure of Rs 15 lakh crore every year for importing petrol, diesel and other petroleum products. So, this is the time we can diversify agriculture towards the energy and power sector,” Gadkari said while addressing the felicitation programme of National Cogeneration Awards 2022 in Mumbai.
He urged the industry to focus on alternative fuels with the help of futuristic technologies.
“While 65-70 per cent of our population depends on agriculture, our agricultural growth rate is only 12-13 per cent. And the next move should be cogeneration to increase revenue from sugar.
