Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy said that energy efficiency is one of the biggest achievements of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi led government. While delivering the keynote address at 95th Annual event of ASSOCHAM, Shri Goyal informed that targets of renewable energy has been scaled up to five times and at present provides opportunity for $110 bn investments. The Minister said, “We are not only going to achieve RE targets by 2022, but we are going to achieve it with grid parity”.
Talking about the functioning of Government, Shri Piyush Goyal said that it is focusing its efforts to bring structural improvements in the country. We are working towards socio- economic transformation of the nation through holistic development of its citizens. The Minister said that focusing on principles of good governance will take India to a golden age of sustainable development rather than shortcut measures.