Petrol At Rs.100: Modi Pushes For Green Energy

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As petrol prices hit the Rs 100 mark in some Indian states, PM Modi said that earlier governments should have focussed on cutting India's import dependence.

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00:00Our government is sensitive to the concerns of the middle class.

00:09I do not want to criticize anyone, but I want to say,

00:18had we focused on these subjects much earlier,

00:23our middle class would not be burdened.

00:30I do not want to criticize anyone, but I want to say,

00:37had we focused on these subjects much earlier,

00:42our middle class would not be burdened.

01:00In 2019-2020, India imported over 85% of oil and 53% of gas to meet the domestic demand.

01:26I do not want to criticize anyone, but I want to say,

01:35had we focused on these subjects much earlier,

01:41our middle class would not be burdened.

01:45Now, it is our collective duty to work towards a clean and green source of energy,

01:57reduce energy dependence.

02:02Our government is sensitive to the concerns of the middle class.

02:10That is why India is now increasing the focus on ethanol to help farmers and consumers,

02:25furthering urges of solar power to become a leader in the sector,

02:34encouraging public transport to make people's lives productive and easy,

02:41embracing alternative sources like LED bulbs to enable huge savings for middle class households.

02:55India has now come out with scrappage policy to help lakhs of people.

03:03More Indian cities have metro coverage than never before.

03:11Solar pumps are getting more popular.

03:16They are helping farmers greatly.

03:21This would not be possible without the support of the people.

03:27India is working to meet the growing energy demand.

03:33India is also reducing our energy import dependence.

03:40At the same time, we are also diversifying our import sources.

03:47Friends, how are we doing this?

03:52Through capacity building.

03:54In 2019-2020, we were fourth in the world in refining capacity.

04:03About 65.2 million tons of petroleum products have been exported.

04:13This number is expected to rise even further.

04:18Our companies have ventured overseas in acquisition of quality oil and gas assets.

04:29Today, Indian oil and gas companies are present in 27 countries with investment worth about Rs. 2,70,000 crore.

04:45Friends, we are developing a gas pipeline network to achieve one nation, one grid.

04:58We have planned to spend 7.5 lakh crores in creating oil and gas infrastructure over 5 years.

05:11Friends, today, India is increasing the share of energy from renewable sources.

05:20By 2030, 40% of all energy will be generated from green energy sources.

05:29Friends, since 2014, we have brought in various reforms across the oil and gas sector,

05:39covering exploration and production, natural gas marketing and distribution.

05:46We are working on attracting domestic and international investment through investor-friendly measures.

05:56We are trying to eliminate the cascading effect of different taxes on natural gas across different states.

06:08Unfortunately, uptakes will lead to reduction of cost of natural gas and increase in its usage across industries.

06:19We are committed to bringing natural gas under the GST regime.

06:26I want to tell the world, come, invest in India's energy.

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