India will reduce more than targeted 33% carbon emission by 2030: Power Minister

Singh expressed dissatisfaction over the approach of some nations towards pledges made under the Paris Agreement

Union Power Minister R K Singh on Thursday said India would exceed its target of reducing carbon emission set for 2030 under the Paris agreement.

As per commitment made in Paris, India has to reduce its carbon intensity to 33 per cent by 2030, Singh said at the inaugural session of Aatmanirbhar Bharat - Self-Reliance for Renewable Energy Manufacturing conference, organised by CII.

He said as per the agreement, India has to produce 40 per cent electricity of its total capacity from non-fossil sources by 2030.

"We are already at 39 per cent, and if you add the capacities under installation it's already 48 per cent. We are way beyond our NDC (nationally determined contributions) pledges," the minister said.

Singh also expressed dissatisfaction over the approach of some nations towards pledges made under the agreement.

Without naming any country, he said there are countries whose per capita emissions are up to 9 times more than the global average, while India's per capita carbon emission is just about one-third of the global average.

Countries must tell what they will do in the next five years and how they will reduce their per capita emission, the minister said, adding it is something "which nobody is telling".

In India, Singh said, energy transition is taking place rapidly and will continue to happen in future as well.