On the first day of the global climate meet (COP26) in Glasgow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proposed a five-fold strategy for India to play its role in helping the world to get closer to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Key Facts

• Prime minister Modi termed his scheme as ‘Panchamrita’, which means ‘five ambrosia’.
• Traditionally, ‘Panchamrita’ is a method of mixing five natural foods namely, milk, curd, ghee, honey and jaggery.
• Panchmrita is used as a technique in Ayurveda. It is also used in Hindu and Jain worship rituals.

Modi’s Panchamrita

Prime Minister proposed following ‘Panchamrita’:

• India will increase its non-fossil energy capacity to 500 gigawatts by 2030.
• India will meet 50 per cent of its energy requirements, with renewable energy, till 2030.
• India will reduce carbon emission by one billion tonnes by 2030.
• India will reduce its carbon intensity by 45 per cent by 2030.
• India will achieve net zero emissions by 2070.