| |AUGUST 20219of India (SRISTI), Viability Gap Funding (VGF) etc. are just a few examples. Recently, MNRE also announced One Sun One World One Grid initiative (OSOWOG), which will ensure the supply of electricity across countries. The concept behind this plan is that `The Sun Never Sets' and globally, it is al-ways constant at any given point of time in some geographi-cal location. And India being in the middle, can contribute significantly to making the vision into reality. For this, crea-tion of two zones is proposed, one from far East (including countries like Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, etc.) and other be-ing far West (the Middle East and African Region). With such initiatives, India will help itself as well as other countries to go green and reduce the Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) level and maintain environmental sustainability. Typically, installing a 1 Megawatt (MW) solar photovol-taic power plant is equivalent to the plantation of 49,000 teak wood trees i.e., equivalent to mitigating 31,000 tonnes of Carbon Dioxide. With such benefits to the environment and potential to reduce ongoing climate change, it is very es-sential to encourage the installation of solar power plants. With the current COVID-19 crisis in the backdrop, we need to keep a balance between our dependency on local and global supply of products and service. India's mission revises the focus on becoming self-reliant by promoting businesses and manufacturing goods locally. Adoption of so-lar energy will fuel the mission, while facilitating sustainable growth. Implementation of solar energy policies has been a challenge. Authorities and ecosystem partners are required to work together to make the ecosystem evolve fast and for-ward looking.Adoption of solar energy transforms multiple problem areas into opportunities. This would fuel a sustainable eco-nomic growth, boost up made in India mission and create employment while making the world greener. Solar is commercially viable and environmentally re-sponsible! Just go for it.
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