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Amitabh Kant: War In West Asia Is A Big Chance For India’s Clean Energy Push

Amitabh Kant: War In West Asia Is A Big Chance For India’s Clean Energy Push

Mar 06, 2026, 12:52 AM IST

Amid escalating tensions in West Asia, former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant warns that rising oil prices could significantly impact India’s economy. Speaking about the geopolitical situation, Kant highlighted that India imports nearly $240 billion worth of fossil fuels, making the country highly vulnerable to global energy shocks. According to him, even a $10 increase in oil prices could cost India about $15 billion. However, he believes the crisis also presents a major opportunity for India to accelerate its transition toward solar, wind, storage, green hydrogen and electric mobility. Kant emphasized that India should push for 100% electric mobility by 2030 and strengthen its clean-energy mission. He also noted that disruptions to major airlines and Gulf trade routes could affect global mobility, tourism and investments.

From Accessibility To Ensuring Relevance Of Global South | Amitabh Kant Lists AI Challenges At AI

From Accessibility To Ensuring Relevance Of Global South | Amitabh Kant Lists AI Challenges At AI

Feb 17, 2026, 01:25 PM IST

Former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant lists maintaining the relevance of the Global South in Artificial Intelligence models as one of the big challenges for India. Speaking during a session at the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Kant cited ChatGPT as an example and said that India is providing 33% more data to the AI system than the United States. He also stressed that while AI was set to disrupt every sector of life, it must be accessible, affordable and accountable. During the session, Kant also emphasised the importance of AI being multilingual to reach all sections of the society and flagged the danger of technological advances creating an unequal society. Also evident in the session was the importance of India developing its own AI models and creating a system to replicate the country’s Digital Public Infrastructure which enabled a digital revolution in the country.

‘Senior Citizen’ Amitabh Kant On How He Is Harnessing The Power Of AI | AI Impact Summit 2026

‘Senior Citizen’ Amitabh Kant On How He Is Harnessing The Power Of AI | AI Impact Summit 2026

Feb 17, 2026, 01:21 PM IST

‘Senior Citizen’ Amitabh Kant On How He Is Harnessing The Power Of AI | AI Impact Summit 2026

'Models are getting refined on our data': Amitabh Kant says AI will be sold to Global South at a very high cost

'Models are getting refined on our data': Amitabh Kant says AI will be sold to Global South at a very high cost

Feb 17, 2026, 01:07 PM IST

India AI Impact Summit 2026: Amitabh Kant said that it is important that we learn from our own digital public infrastructure. “It has enabled India to leapfrog 50 years of progress in seven years," he said.

Rs 1 lakh crore city push: Why Amitabh Kant calls this India's biggest growth engine

Rs 1 lakh crore city push: Why Amitabh Kant calls this India's biggest growth engine

Feb 15, 2026, 08:11 AM IST

On Saturday, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the launch of the Urban Challenge Fund (UCF) with a total Central Assistance of Rs 1 lakh crore.

'Strengthens supply chains against China, support Rupee stability': Amitabh Kant says tariff cut to 18% gives India edge in US market

'Strengthens supply chains against China, support Rupee stability': Amitabh Kant says tariff cut to 18% gives India edge in US market

Feb 07, 2026, 12:48 PM IST

On Saturday, India and the US officially announced a framework for an interim trade agreement, aimed at significantly boosting bilateral commerce through reciprocal tariff reductions.

‘Impressively reduced the fiscal deficit’: Amitabh Kant on Union Budget 2026

‘Impressively reduced the fiscal deficit’: Amitabh Kant on Union Budget 2026

Feb 01, 2026, 06:33 PM IST

Union Budget 2026: Sitharaman announced an estimated fiscal deficit of 4.3 per cent of GDP for the financial year 2026-27, down from 4.4 per cent projected for 2025-26.

‘Frying kids’ brains’: Amitabh Kant backs age curbs as Economic Survey flags social media risks

‘Frying kids’ brains’: Amitabh Kant backs age curbs as Economic Survey flags social media risks

Jan 31, 2026, 02:13 PM IST

The Economic Survey, tabled in Parliament on January 29, paints a stark picture of how rising screen time and compulsive digital behaviour are reshaping social and economic outcomes.

India's moment is here, but cities are failing: Harsh Goenka on the micro crisis holding growth back

India's moment is here, but cities are failing: Harsh Goenka on the micro crisis holding growth back

Jan 13, 2026, 09:04 PM IST

Goenka argued that while the country's macro fundamentals look strong, everyday governance failures threaten to slow momentum

'Gig jobs to grow to 23.5 mn by 2030': Amitabh Kant makes big prediction, backs Zomato's Deepinder Goyal

'Gig jobs to grow to 23.5 mn by 2030': Amitabh Kant makes big prediction, backs Zomato's Deepinder Goyal

Jan 03, 2026, 09:12 AM IST

He further said that Zomato and Blinkit delivered more than 75 lakh orders on December 31 alone.

‘Same short-term playbook every year’: Amitabh Kant lays out 4-point EV plan to fix Delhi’s AQI

‘Same short-term playbook every year’: Amitabh Kant lays out 4-point EV plan to fix Delhi’s AQI

Dec 27, 2025, 08:50 PM IST

Kant pointed out that transport is the single largest controllable source of Delhi’s air pollution, contributing nearly 25-40 per cent of PM2.5 emissions. Instead of accelerating electric mobility, he argued, policy focus has drifted towards congestion control and ageing vehicle restrictions.

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