Prime Minister Narendra Modi has joined World leaders in condemning terrorism and has outlined India's plans to contribute to mitigate climate change. Addressing the working lunch session on climate in the G20 summit at Antalya ?n Turkey this afternoon, he said terrorism calls for a comprehensive global response and urged that combating it must be major priority for G20.<br/> <br/>AIR correspondent reports, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address at the G20 session on development and climate change gave a broad outline of India's plans to contribute to the global efforts to control climate change, apart from joining the world's leaders including US President Barack Obama and UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in unequivocally condemning terror?sm. Expressing confidence of India achieving 7.5% growth in the near term, Mr Modi said India can become a pillar of global growth and stability. <br/><br/>He announced plans of generating an additional capacity of 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022, cut in fuel subsidies and tax on coal and, National Clean Energy Fund of $3 billion to promote clean technologies. He pitched for fixing a target date before 2030 to reduce the high remittance charges.
News On AIR | November 15, 2015 8:52 PM
PM Modi calls for collective fight against terrorism; Outlines plan to tackle climate change