The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 4th February 2025

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Green and clean: on India and a critical minerals framework

India must formulate a critical minerals framework that is just and equitable

India has come a long way in its attempt to transition to cleaner forms of power in the past decade. This is partly reflected in the budgetary allocation to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy between fiscal years 2015 (BE ₹1,535 crore) and 2025 (BE ₹32,626 crore). But these allocations, other than in 2015 and 2023, have been underutilised, leading to lower revised estimates (REs). However, this does not fully reflect the clean energy journey. India attempted a major leap with the PM-KUSUM scheme in 2019, a year ahead of the COVID-19 disruptions, with an outlay of ₹34,422 crore. The scheme envisaged having off-grid solar irrigation pumps and grid-connected solar plants on fallow farmlands. While PM-KUSUM has received a tepid (lukewarm or unenthusiastic) response, with less than half a gigawatt of installed capacity, the realisation that energy transition is both a desirable outcome and a requirement occurred during the COVID-19 years, when there were major supply chain disruptions to coal, oil and gas. This led to India pledging to produce half its energy requirements from renewables in about five years from now, at COP26 in 2021.It was the 2021 Budget that heralded (signaled the beginning of) the clean energy shift, with ₹18,100 crore for a PLI scheme for advanced chemistry cell manufacturing to augment India’s grid-scale battery storage capacity. A ₹4,500 crore PLI scheme for solar photovoltaic modules went up to ₹19,500 crore in 2022. But the government also decided to levy (impose) a 40% basic customs duty (BCD) on solar modules and 25% on solar cells to reduce the overwhelming import dependence on China. However, this slowed solar power installations nationwide with prices rising. And even while renewables constitute 46% of India’s total installed capacity (October 2024), 70% of its power output is from coal. Experts have pointed to the need for grid-scale battery storage technology to augment India’s renewables output, as intermittent (occurring at irregular intervals) RE production leads to the continued reliance on fossil-fuel based power. With the realisation that steep BCDs could be inflationary (causing an increase in prices) and counterproductive to localising production, particularly in the capital-intensive lithium-ion battery technology sector, the government has announced that it will exempt 12 critical minerals and 35 capital goods from BCDs. But reducing dependence on China for energy transition resources and technology would also require India showing leadership (the action of leading a group or country) in formulating a critical minerals framework, that is socially and environmentally just during extraction, and equitable (fair and impartial) in its distribution. With the U.S. withdrawing its leadership (the action of leading a group or country) position in these areas, India must aim to play a bigger role.

Hindu Vocab Wordlist 4th February 2025

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• Tepid: Not enthusiastic or excited; showing little enthusiasm.
• Heralded: To announce the arrival of something or signal the beginning of something.
• Levy: To impose or collect a tax, fee, or fine.
• Intermittent: Happening at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.
• Inflationary: Relating to or causing inflation (a rise in the general level of prices).
• Leadership: The action of leading a group of people or an organization.
• Equitable: Treating everyone fairly and equally.
• Lead: To be the main person in charge of something or to guide others.
• Dependence: The state of needing something or someone to function.
• Exempt: To free someone or something from a requirement or rule.

Hindu Vocab Master 4th February 2025 with Synonyms & Antonyms

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