The Ministry of New and recently announced that India has reached its non fossil fuel target much ahead of 2030.
At the COP21, India had pledged to install 40% of overall electric energy from non renewable sources. India aimed to achieve this target by 2030. But it has now achieved this well ahead in November 2021.
The total installed electric capacity of India is 392.01 GW. Of this, the total non fossil- fuel based energy is 157.32 GW. This is 40.1% of 392.01 GW to be precise.
India increased its Investment in renewable energy programmes. According to REN21 Renewables 2020 Global Status Report, India made total investment of 64.6 billion USD in renewable Energy sector. In 2019 alone, India invested 11.2 billion USD in the sector.