Nitin Gadkari emphasizes on importance of infrastructure development for growth and economy of renewable energy sector

Nitin Gadkari has said infrastructure development plays an important role in growth and economy of renewable energy sector in the country.Addressing CII’s Conference on Self Reliance for Renewable Energy manufacturing he said Government is making all efforts to expand the domestic manufacturing ecosystem to make the countryself reliant. He said over the last decade, India has made significant progress towards improving green energy access while increasing the integration of renewable energy.The Minister said India is already on track of reaching its goal of 175 gigawatt of installed renewable capacity by 2022. He said currently India stands at the 5th position for overall installed capacity with government supportive policies and initiatives and expressed confidence that country will even surpass the target of renewable energy of 450 giga watt by 2030.