India's booming economy has huge potential to shift to a low-carbon future but needs a little hand-holding by rich nations to keep it on the right path, a top Indian climate change negotiator said.
Half of India's population do not have access to electricity and relying on fossil fuels such as coal to expand the power grid is unsustainable and unwise .
India needed to follow a different development path than rich nations' heavy reliance on coal, oil and gas.
There is a lot of scope for a developing nation like India to grow in a more efficient way for providing electricity through means other than fossil fuel.
It will be a huge achievement if developed nation hold the hand of developing nation like India providing them with resources and technology to achieve their growth by greener ways.
By Recognizing the huge potential from solar, India's government has made this a centerpiece of its climate change policy and is set to unveil in September a target of generating 20 gigawatts of electricity using solar energy by 2020.
SOURCE : REUTERS
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