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Topic: Review of Green Initiatives in India and Abroad

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Date of Submission: 10 April 2022

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Introduction
As India's green energy sector prepares to take off, it's worth taking a look around and plotting a
course. Reforms in this sector have been ongoing for more than a decade, and total installed
renewable capacity has more than doubled in the last five years, surpassing 100 GW in August.
While this is a significant improvement, India remains reliant on oil and gas imports. As a result,
on this Independence Day, the Prime Minister pledged to make India energy-independent by
2047, in line with SDG Goal 7 – "Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern
energy for all." This necessitates disrupting the current quo of policy implementation and
beginning at the grass roots, rather than in the most developed parts.

The Prime Minister also recognized the importance of 'Sabka Prayas,' that is the participation
from industry, local governments, and communities. Local communities are loaded with
transformational possibilities. The Aspirational Districts Programme, launched under the banner
of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas,' focuses on the participation of everybody in the nation's economy.
Without effective policy interventions that can reach the grassroots, it is extremely difficult to
have an all-sharing growth model in a country as socioeconomically varied as India. These
treatments help to build robust systems that emphasize subnational contexts and requirements
and use the unique delta ranking methodology to track long-term progress toward sustainable
development.

Across the country, there are 112 Aspirational Districts. According to UNDP's assessment, these
districts have made more development than non-aspirational districts. From model anganwadis to
computerized tracking of child growth charts and malnutrition via the Poshan App, the program
has been essential in engineering progress through data to measure improvements in six critical
areas. The program's distinguishing feature is that it measures long-term development in delta
change rather than absolute numbers.

The UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) also emphasizes the use of green
technologies in Inspiring Districts for basic infrastructure development. It features Goalpara,
Assam, which built approximately a 180-kilometer green road using recycled plastic and geogrid
technology. In fact, it is India's first district to build a green road. This has resulted in a
substantial delta improvement, with over 400 habitations in the district now having access to
all-weather roads. As the country progresses toward a greener future, the most backward have
the biggest advantage and may achieve the greatest delta change.
Basic Infrastructure also includes power under the Aspirational District Program.

Since traditional electricity grids are difficult to connect to remote places, green energy
technology offers an alternative. Two complementary interventions are envisaged to make the
most of India's green energy potential for its Aspirational Districts. The first is to use
Production-Linked Incentives to encourage the development of green energy technology. This
will improve supply, boost exports of high-quality green energy goods, and create jobs. The
second step is to install and commission small-scale renewable energy capacity throughout the
Aspirational Districts. The community's use of it will improve the quality of life, energise the
local economy, and drive demand. All of this will result in a cycle of socioeconomic
development.

Gumla, an idealistic district in Jharkhand, has already taken the first exciting step toward green
energy adoption. Solar panels installed at home have provided access to clean energy while
reducing reliance on unreliable conventional energy. This has ushered the village into the light.

Solar energy should be the first intervention, based on the maturity and feasibility of green
energy technology. India's topography and revolutionary solar cells provide it an advantage when
it comes to solar energy. Solar farms can be built in a variety of sizes. This improves availability
while also lowering transmission costs. Despite these benefits, solar energy adoption has been
modest.

This is due to the fact that older silicon-based solar cell technology had to be imported and had
an efficiency of less than 14%, making tiny solar farms prohibitively expensive. This landscape,
however, has been transformed by recent technological and regulatory advances. For starters, the
new perovskite-based technology has a nearly 30% efficiency and costs a fraction of the old
technology, making it economically viable at lower scales. Second, the AatmaNirbhar Bharat
strategy has supported solar cell technology manufacture in India, resulting in cheaper costs and
greater product reliability. Gumla and Goalpara are just two of the many districts that are
utilizing and harnessing local resources in order to contribute to constructive social development.
Such inclusive mass movements are required for the transformational journey to a greener future.
Because it eliminates heterogeneities in regional development, the Aspirational District
Programme is the greatest approach for channeling such a shift through leveraging local
communities.
With its expanded scope in energy transitions, the programme will help India accomplish its
goals of being a global leader in green energy and achieving Agenda 2030. It not only acts as a
beacon for our green energy revolution, but also as a model that may be replicated around the
world. Our aspirational districts have demonstrated their success and emerged as Champions of
Change with the slogan of leaving no one behind and progressing by bringing along those who
are most at danger of falling behind.

European, North American and other developed countries have been pressing the green button
for initiatives and it has resulted in significant results. This report discusses and addresses the
green initiatives that India has taken and the world has taken and what are the consequences
expected out of them in the near future. The methodology used and the data collection processes
are the same are provided in the sections below followed by the full-fledged analysis of the
collected data.

Review of Literature

Methodology

Findings

Discussion

Conclusion

References
Appendices