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Narendra Modi calls for a rooftop-solar-powered city in every Indian state

The prime minister again emphasized the need for India to develop its own solar manufacturing industry and also urged officials to get on with plans to make the region of Ladakh carbon-neutral.
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Uma Gupta
The prime minister asked the Ministry of Power to come up with state-specific solutions to address problems affecting the energy sector. | Indian Government

Prime minister Narendra Modi has called for a major city in every Indian state to be powered entirely by rooftop solar.

The PM also repeated an oft-heard call to develop a domestic solar manufacturing industry as he chaired a meeting to review the work of the ministries of power and new and renewable energy.

For the full story, please visit our pv magazine India site.

This article was amended on 02/06/20 to remove the phrase “the divisive prime minister, in reference to Narendra Modi.

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Siri Prasanna
Jun 03, 2020

Who would not go in for solar energy but it is unviable with high costs be it renting it or installing it .The Govt needs to look into subsidies first and make it cost effective

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SRIRANGA SAI GANUGAPATI
Jun 03, 2020

Such a great initiative by PM, need of the hr…
Avoid lame excuses of Divisive word usage.Criticism must be issue based n without mind fix on person..

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Swaminathan
Jun 02, 2020

Max Hall getting brownie points are you. First I thought divisive was a spelling mistake or poor English for decisive. Haha.

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Agravat Sagarkumar Mansukhlal
Jun 02, 2020

I failed to understand use and meaning of word “Divisive” in the news above.

It only reflects hatred of the author which may be her personal sentiments and should be avoided in news article pertaining to solar policy. Alternately, author should clear her stand behind using such remarks.

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ASHIM KUMAR DAS
Jun 03, 2020

How to apply for solar rooftop residential project with govt subsidy..?

Where I can get the application form…?

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Max Hall
Jun 02, 2020

Hi Agravat,
Thanks for your comment. For clarity, the writer did not use the word divisive, that was inserted by myself, as sub-editor, as a means of avoiding repeating Modi’s name in the headline, lead intro text and opening paragraph of the story, which is bad practice. It did not occur to me using “divisive” as an adjective would be questioned, in relation to Mr Modi, but the offending word has now been removed.

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Anonymous
Jun 01, 2020

Why include an adjective “divisive” for a PV based article? What does that have to do with PV from any angle? Thankfully the full article has removed the word.

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