TERI’s World Sustainable Development Summit 2020

TERI summit

Question: Who has given the keynote address at the TERI World Sustainable Development Summit 2020 held on January 30, 2020?
(a) Narendra Modi
(b) Piyush Goyal
(c) Dharmendra Pradhan
(d) Anurag Thakur
Answer: (c)
Related facts:

  • The Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Dhamendra Pradhan delivered the key note address at the TERI’s World Sustainable Development Summit 2020 on ‘Energy Future Road Map’ in New Delhi on January 30, 2020
  • India will continue to lead the global sustainable energy agenda. India is in the midst of a major transformative shift in the energy sector, both in scale and complexity and also the interdependence across different systems.
  • The trajectory to end energy poverty in India, as compared to the rest of the world, is based on special national circumstances.
  • It was mentioned that to end energy poverty in the country, there is a need to remain cognizant of the need to root economic development firmly to achieve the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals and commitments made at COP 21.

Energy sector in India:

  • India is now the third largest energy consumer after the US and China. The energy demand increased to 882 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe) in 2017, the per capita consumption of energy is still 30% of the global average.
  • The energy consumption is projected to grow at 4.2 percent per annum up to 2035.
  • India’s share of the total global primary energy demand is set to roughly double to about 11 percent by 2040, driven by strong economic development.
  • In India, government is finding ways to achieve the twin objectives of more energy availability and less carbon through a healthy mix of all commercially-viable energy sources.
  • The Government has set out a road map for reducing India’s crude oil imports by 10% by 2022 by working towards transformation to a gas-based economy, tapping into indigenously produced biofuels, apart from adopting renewable energy and energy efficiency measures.
  • Given the abundance of biomass in the country, the use of Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) will be promoted in a big way in automotive, industrial and commercial uses in the coming years.
  • India is expanding the collaboration with countries, such as Brazil and the US, to improve blending technologies in transport sector. To reduce vehicular pollution, BS VI quality fuel, equivalent to Euro 6 standard, will be supplied in the entire country from 1 April this year.
  • Dharmendra Pradhan also released a report ‘Towards a low carbon steel sector’ – Overview of the changing market, technology and policy context for Indian steel on this occasion.

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https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1601115