“Our budget, both last year and this year, and the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ programme including our PLI scheme are efforts in our direction towards becoming self-sufficient and also…our commitment towards a sustainable future for India,” he said addressing an interactive session on environment at the India Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai.
India is promoting a number of startups that are working on sustainability, he added.
The minister called upon climate warriors to focus on three fronts – decouple growth from carbon emissions; “adopt climatepreneurship” (climate plus entrepreneurship) and make it a mission, and begin such initiatives at home.
Greater industry participation, investments in renewable energy and increased thrust on hydrogen or electric vehicles need to be taken up, he suggested.