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NEW DELHI: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is banking on household rooftop solar scheme to power its outreach at the grassroots level as it seeks a third term for prime minister Narendra Modi, the party’s poll manifesto signalled on Sunday as it promises India’s energy independence by 2047.
The manifesto stressed “a mix of electric mobility, network of charging stations, renewable energy production and improving energy efficiency” as the building blocks for achieving energy independence by 2047 when the country will celebrate 100 years of freedom from British rule.
After putting India in a pole position in energy transition with a target of setting up 300 GW solar power capacity by 2030, the party indirectly challenged China’s dominance by promising a centre of excellence for clean energy with the objective of positioning the country as a manufacturing hub for solar, wind and green hydrogen.
The rooftop solar scheme, which offers households subsidies for setting up the units and up to 300 units of free power per month, is the latest in a series of steps taken by the Modi government to dispense energy justice to the poor and marginalised.
Since 2016, the BJP has reaped rich poll dividends due to schemes such as ‘Ujjwala’, which offers LPG connections free of cost to the women head of poor households, and village/household electrification. These initiatives helped the BJP establish a direct connect with the members of beneficiary households as their quality of life improved overnight.
The document promises investment in emerging clean energy technologies and solutions such as green hydrogen — seen as the fuel of the future — and emerging technologies in this sphere with a view to turning India into a major manufacturing hub.
The party also reiterated its faith in nuclear power and bio-energy such as ethanol and bio-gas, seen as programmes that also benefit farmers, as well as commitment to the energy transition, especially the target of setting up 300 GW solar power capacity by 2030.
Smart grid and public-private partnership model for expanding battery storage, key to ensuring grid stability as renewable power capacity rises exponentially, was also on the menu.
The manifesto stressed “a mix of electric mobility, network of charging stations, renewable energy production and improving energy efficiency” as the building blocks for achieving energy independence by 2047 when the country will celebrate 100 years of freedom from British rule.
After putting India in a pole position in energy transition with a target of setting up 300 GW solar power capacity by 2030, the party indirectly challenged China’s dominance by promising a centre of excellence for clean energy with the objective of positioning the country as a manufacturing hub for solar, wind and green hydrogen.
The rooftop solar scheme, which offers households subsidies for setting up the units and up to 300 units of free power per month, is the latest in a series of steps taken by the Modi government to dispense energy justice to the poor and marginalised.
Since 2016, the BJP has reaped rich poll dividends due to schemes such as ‘Ujjwala’, which offers LPG connections free of cost to the women head of poor households, and village/household electrification. These initiatives helped the BJP establish a direct connect with the members of beneficiary households as their quality of life improved overnight.
The document promises investment in emerging clean energy technologies and solutions such as green hydrogen — seen as the fuel of the future — and emerging technologies in this sphere with a view to turning India into a major manufacturing hub.
The party also reiterated its faith in nuclear power and bio-energy such as ethanol and bio-gas, seen as programmes that also benefit farmers, as well as commitment to the energy transition, especially the target of setting up 300 GW solar power capacity by 2030.
Smart grid and public-private partnership model for expanding battery storage, key to ensuring grid stability as renewable power capacity rises exponentially, was also on the menu.
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