Question- Where did the ‘First International Solar Coalition Conference, 2018’ concluded on March 11th, 2018?
(a) Gurugram
(b) Noida
(c) New Delhi
(d) Amritsar
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- On March 11th, 2018, ‘First International Solar Coalition Conference, 2018’ concluded at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.
- Prominent representatives from 47 countries including President of France Emmanuel Macroon attended this conference.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and all member countries of the Alliance with President Macroon formally inaugurate the conference.
- It is noteworthy that 121 countries of the world are such that between the Cancer and Scorpio line and they receive sunlight for almost the whole year.
- 60 out of these countries have joined the coalition, and 32 countries have also signed frameworks.
- On this occasion, Prime Minister Modi announced a collaboration of about $ 1.4 billion for solar power projects.
- Significantly, on November 30th, 2015, this initiative was started by the India and France in the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.
Reference:
http://isolaralliance.org/docs/ISA%20Summit.pdf
http://isolaralliance.org/docs/Scaling%20Solar%20E-mobility%20and%20storage.pdf