World Environment Day 2021 | World now looks at India as a leader of climate justice: PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Image: Twitter/@BJP4India)

In a virtual address on World Environment Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the world looks at India as a leader of climate justice.

"The world used to look at India as a challenge now looks at it as a leader of climate justice," he said.

PM Modi on June 5 released the 'Report of the Expert Committee on Road Map for ethanol blending in India 2020-2025' at an event organised to mark World Environment Day.

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"On the occasion of World Environment Day India has taken another big step by releasing an elaborative roadmap for the development of the Ethanol sector," the Prime Minister said.

PM Modi launched the E-100 pilot project for the production and distribution of ethanol across the country at three locations in Pune.

He said the target date for achieving 20 percent ethanol-blending with petrol has been advanced by five years to 2025 to cut pollution and reduce import dependence.

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The Prime Minister also listed India's efforts to protecting climate change, saying renewable energy capacity has risen 250 per cent and India is now among the top five nations with the largest installed capacity.

Also, India is now a proponent of climate change resolution and is among the top 10 nations on the Climate Change Performance Index, PM Modi said.

"Economy and ecology can go together. This is the path India has chosen," he said.

(With inputs from PTI)