India has made big strides in renewable energy in the last few years, but challenges are mounting as well.

UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for investing the \"political time and efforts\" in issues like health and sanitation.

Despite vociferous protests from solar developers, the Directorate General of Trade Restrictions (DGTR) has finally recommended that a 25 per cent safeguard duty should be imposed on imports of solar cells and modules from China and Malaysia for the first year.

While the focus on renewable energy has helped, it's time to tackle air and water pollution in a big way.

Singh said greater emphasis is being given to agricultural education, research and extension activities and extension of the facilities for irrigation, low-cost organic farming, crop insurance, national agricultural market, horticulture development and agro forestry remain focus areas.

Not many people are aware that Nirav Modi, the main accused in the Rs 13,700-crore Punjab National Bank fraud case owns a solar power plant near Khandala in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.

Data available with IndiaToday.In reveals the solar plant, which is currently operated by NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN) Ltd, is owned by Nirav Modi's two shell companies i.e. Camelot Enterprises Pvt Ltd and Firestone Trading Pvt Ltd. These companies were created and managed by Modi and his bogus directors.

In 2017, the state installed over 2GW of solar PV capacity and, in the first three months of 2018 alone, the state matched that annual total with the installation of over 2GW of solar PV projects.

In the calendar year 2017 alone, installations reached up to 9.6 GW, that is 45 per cent of the total additions.