<p>The Mission -- one of the eight key national missions which comprise India's national action plan on climate change -- has the twin objectives of contributing to India's long term energy security as well as its ecological security.<br /><br />"This is a historic and transformational initiative of the UPA government and I am proud to have the privilege of being assigned the task of overseeing its implementation," Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said in a statement in Parliament.<br /><br />He said people are living in a world of rapidly depleting fossil fuel resources and acess to conventional energy resources such as oil, gas and coal is becoming increasingly constrained.<br /><br />"The rapid development and deployment of renewable energy is imperative in this context and in view of high solar radiation over the country solar energy provides a long term sustainable solution," he said.</p>
<p>The Mission -- one of the eight key national missions which comprise India's national action plan on climate change -- has the twin objectives of contributing to India's long term energy security as well as its ecological security.<br /><br />"This is a historic and transformational initiative of the UPA government and I am proud to have the privilege of being assigned the task of overseeing its implementation," Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said in a statement in Parliament.<br /><br />He said people are living in a world of rapidly depleting fossil fuel resources and acess to conventional energy resources such as oil, gas and coal is becoming increasingly constrained.<br /><br />"The rapid development and deployment of renewable energy is imperative in this context and in view of high solar radiation over the country solar energy provides a long term sustainable solution," he said.</p>