Narendra Modi flays PM over India’s solar woes

“I had suggested that like some Asia Pacific countries who have formed small groups for research and development in solar energy,we should also take lead and form such groups in India to create a movement,” Modi said.

The Sun-Son concept suggested by Modi talked of collaboration by all the countries having plenty of sunlight to create a R&D fund to exploit solar energy and starting of a capital subsidy scheme for generation of solar energy.

Meanwhile,Modi announced that the state government was in the process of drafting a new policy for geo-thermal,a non-conventional energy yet to be tapped from deep down the earth in a big way so far.

Gujarat has been identified amongst the potential states by the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for setting up geo-thermal power plants.

Modi said he wanted to make Gujarat the world capital in Solar energy and the state would lead a revolution in the energy sector.

“Gujarat had initiated white (milk) revolution,then there was green revolution and now we would lead the saffron revolution through the power sector,” Modi said.

Modi said that the his state does not dole out any subsidy to any industry but instead provided a development friendly environment.

Gujarat which was the first state in the country to have formed an innovation commission,was now in the process of setting up a world class incubation centre on public private partnership mode,Modi said.