PM to address first post-budget webinar on green growth on Feb 23

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the first post-budget webinar on green growth on February 23 at around 10 am, said the Ministry of Power in a statement. "It is the first of a series of 12 post-budget webinars being organised by the government to seek ideas and suggestions for effective implementation of the initiatives announced in budget," the statement said.

Webinar will have 6 breakout sessions focusing on green growth

"The webinar will have six breakout sessions covering both energy and non-energy components of green growth. Besides ministers and secretaries of concerned central government ministries, a host of stakeholders drawn from state governments, industry, academia and research institutions and public sector would attend these webinars and contribute through suggestions for better implementation of budgetary announcements," said the statement.

Further, it added, "Each post-budget webinar will have three sessions. It will start with a plenary opening session which would be addressed by the PM. This session will be followed by separate breakout sessions on various themes which would take place in parallel. Finally, the ideas from the breakout sessions would be presented during the plenary concluding session. Based on inputs received during the webinar, concerned ministries would prepare a time-bound action plan for implementation of budget announcements."

Green growth one of the seven top priorities of Budget 2023

"Green growth is one of the seven top priorities of the Budget 2023 for ushering in the country green industrial and economic transition, environment-friendly agriculture and sustainable energy. It will also generate large number of green jobs. The Union Budget has envisaged a number of projects and initiatives spread across various sectors and ministries including, Green Hydrogen Mission, Energy Transition, Energy Storage Projects, Renewable Energy Evacuation, Green Credit Program, PM-PRANAM, GOBARdhan Scheme, Bhartiya Prakritik Kheti Bio-Input Resource Centres, MISHTI, Amrit Dharohar, Coastal Shipping and Vehicle Replacement," it added.

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