Lok Sabha Question No. 1042 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Shift in Energy Production
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1042

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2020

## Shift in Energy Production

## 1042. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the  Government is aware that the  rising  pollution  has  made  it  pertinent  to shift  energy  production  from  highly-polluting  coal  to  greener  and  cleaner  fuels  for upcoming zero-emissions and battery-powered vehicles in future;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government  proposes to bring changes in the prevalent energy production methods;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  guidelines  for  the  safe  and  formal recycling or buy back systems for the mature and discarded Li-ion batteries; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO )

(a) to (c) Government has targeted installing renewable energy capacity of 175 GW by the year 2022 including 100 GW of solar energy, against which a cumulative capacity of 83.38 GW has been established till 31 st Oct 2019. 40% of India's installed capacity will be from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030 as per India's nationally determined contribution under Paris Agreement.

Ministry  of  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas,  Government  of  India  has  launched  a S ustainable A lternative T owards A ffordable T ransportation (SATAT) initiative on 1.10.2018 to  promote Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) as an alternative, green transport fuel for efficient management of biomass and organic waste.

As informed by Haryana State Pollution Control Board, Haryana Renewable Energy Development  Agency  (HAREDA)  has  signed  an  MoU  with  Indian  Oil  Corporation  to promote Bio-CNG plants based on crop residue/paddy straw/ organic waste.

Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME -2) scheme has been rolled out with an outlay of Rs 10,000 crore for 3 years from 1 st April,  2019 to encourage faster  adoption  of  electric  and  hybrid  vehicle  by  way  of  offering  upfront  incentive  on purchase of electric vehicles and also by establishing the necessary charging infrastructure for electric vehicles

(d) & (e) At present, disposal of used Li-ion batteries used in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE)  is regulated  through  the E-Waste Management Rules, 2016 notified by this Ministry. Used Li-ion batteries from electrical electronic equipment reaches to authorized E-waste recyclers for recycling or disposal. Some of the authorized E-waste recyclers export the used Li-ion batteries to global recycling facilities.

Disposal of used Lead Acid batteries is governed by the notified Batteries (Management and handling) Rules,  2001  to  ensure  environmentally  sound  recycling.    The Rules  stipulate    that  the  manufacturers,  importers,  assemblers,  re-conditioner  and  dealers shall ensure that the used batteries are collected back against the new batteries sold.

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