Context :
PM
urges India Inc to drive Green Innovation
/ ET / 05
March 2022
Extract :
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged the private sector to drive innovations
in the renewable and sustainable energy sectors.
“The natural resources are depleting and in such
scenario circular economy is the need of the hour and we will have to make it a
part of our life. We need innovation in all spheres, new products are important. I assure the country’s private sector that the government will stand by you in all efforts in this
direction. We will work in a
unified way to not only achieve our goals, but we will also show
way to humanity “ , Modi said at the plenary session of a webinar on “ Energy for Sustainable
Growth “
Addressing
participants across public and private sectors, he said, India’s sustainable
growth is possible only with sustainable energy sources
He said all families can have their own solar tree in open space which can help
in 10 -15 % energy conservation
He said innovations are
required in in the areas of clean cooking and SOLAR COOKING
can be a big market for Startups “
Fast Backwards :
In Sept 2017 , while inaugurating ONGC’s
corporate office, PM Shri Modiji said :
“
Our poor rural ladies are suffering due to air pollution caused by burning wood
– straw – cow-dung cakes – kerosene , for cooking on chulhas . Millions of them
are prematurely dying due to lung diseases. We
must give them Solar
Chulhas “
Long History of
a Short Solar Cooker :
[ A ] 03 Nov 2017 :
ONGC releases advt :
“………come up with innovative ideas to design and develop “ Solar Chula “
Not finding in that advt or on ONGC website, any “ Specifications “ for that
chulha , I sent following
considered should be such specs :
Solar Chula ?
Some Unanswered Questions [ 03 Nov 2017 ]
[ B ] Apparently, my email did have some effect, since ONGC, later on , came
out with the “ performance
my suggestions ( including, even the target COST ! )
[ C ] On 16 July 2018,
I sent an
email
to Shri Dharmendra Pradhanji, where I wrote :
“ This solar chulha is the answer to save the lives of millions of women in
rural India
It is possible that private sector industries may not think of getting into the
manufacture / distribution of
profitable
But , if government can give subsidies for Electric cars ( FAME ) and
Electricity connections to villages ( SAUBHGYA ) , then why not for Sola
Chulhas ?
Would that not be far better than giving subsidy for LPG ?
[ D ] On 15 Aug 2019,
ONGC CMD, Shri Shashi Shankar , addressing
ONGC employees, said :
“ Supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for a domestic solar
revolution, ONGC recently
Shanker said that through this initiative and with the help of IIT-Mumbai, 86
Solar PV cooking stoves were installed at Bacha and Jamthi in Betul district of
Madhya Pradesh.
The entire village of 74 households has benefitted at Bacha village.
[ E ] On
26
Aug 2020 ,
I sent an email
to Shri Piyush Goyalji , where I urged :
Dear Shri Goyalji,
I am afraid this is a classical example of “ a Solution in search of a
Problem “
Has any private sector party come forward to manufacture Solar cooker ?
Yes, Unesar is one but there is no clear indication of either the selling price
or the availability date
How can Govt help to accelerate a RAPID ADOPTION of Solar
Cookers ?
By providing a DBT ( Direct Benefit Transfer ) of 75 % of the Sale Price of a
Solar Cooker ( meeting very
obtained a prior ISI certificate ) , into the Jan Dhan Account of the buyer (
subject to max of Rs 7,500 )
This subsidy would be available to a HOUSE-HOLD ( and not to each person
in the family ), and can be availed only ONCE per family
Aadhar
details would be mandatory
Subsidy would be available for only DIRECT PURCHASE from govt approved
Authorised Dealers – and not
[ F ] On 19 Sept 2020,
I sent an e-mail to Shri R K Singhji, renewing my earlier request to Shri
Piyush Goyalji , for
subsidizing
[ G ] On 25 Oct 2020,
I sent an e-mail
to all Cabinet Ministers , where I urged :
# Allocation of Rs 37,256 crore for LPG subsidy ( for cooking ), is
an ANNUAL RECURRING expense
# If household cooking was to be based on use of a SOLAR CHULHA (
Stove ), then no need for LPG !
# Some 3 years ago, IIT-B won a competition for design of a Solar Cooking
Stove
# Govt had specified its max “ Sale Price” at Rs 10,000 /- per Stove [ $
135 ]
# For Rs 37,256 Crore, govt can buy and distribute ( FREE ), some 3.7 cr (
37 million ) solar stoves
# Within about 2 years, Govt can handover a SOLAR STOVE to all
households covered by
Ujwalla Scheme
# Of course , since food gets cooked even when there is NO SUNSHINE ,
each Solar
Stove would require a
Tesla’s POWERWALL type
of Storage device
( in which PM Shri Modi had shown keen interest during his visit to TESLA
factory in 2015 )
# If my suggestion gets implemented, country would save annually, foreign
exchange worth Rs 37,256 Cr
[ H ] On 03 Nov 2020,
I sent following e-mail
to our Cabinet Ministers :
“ And if Elon can be persuaded to manufacture in India POWERWALL solar
power Storage Device for Rs
government giving away FREE to 80 million LPG-LNG users
( under Ujwalla scheme ), that would save annual foreign exchange outflow
of Rs 70,024 crore ( LPG
[ I ] On 15 June
2021,
I sent following e-mail
to our Cabinet Ministers :
“ Since ONGC announced a competition for design of a SOLAR
COOKER on 03 Nov 2017 , Sun has set
times
But that Cooker ( design won by IIT-B ), is
nowhere to be seen !
ONGC
had laid down rigid performance conditions - including a cost of Rs
10,000 /
-
Dear
Shri Goyalji,
Yesterday,
you urged the industry to come up with a " VIABLE and FAST,
electric
cooking systems so
imported product. "
How about " enthusing " the local industry to come forward to " Mass
Produce " IIT-B designed
Even if each Solar Cooker purchase was subsidized to the tune of 75
% ( max Rs 7,500 ), it would
SUBSIDY on LNG gas cylinders ( since subsidy proposed by me, is only ONE
TIME ) . Quite possibly, within 2 years , you would recover that LNG subsidy
cost !
As a finance-expert , you can calculate the " PAYBACK PERIOD / INTERNAL
RATE
OF RETURN
POINT etc " , better than anyone else
Dear
Shri Goyalji ,
I
urge you to announce this ( Subsidy ) decision before the sun sets today !
[ J ] On 25 June
2021,
I sent following e-mail
to Shri Modiji :
“
Dear Shri
Narendrabhai ,
During past 15 months, COVID has
killed ( approx. ) 400,000 Indians
But, in another ONE YEAR , we would have conquered it , bringing down the
toll , to under 1,000 in 2023
On the other hand, indoor COOKING with wood – cow dung cakes – straw
etc., have been killing
YEAR , for decades !
In Sept 2017 , while inaugurating ONGC’s corporate office, PM Shri Modiji
said :
“ Our poor rural ladies are suffering due to air pollution caused by burning
wood – straw – cow-dung cakes – kerosene , for cooking on chulhas .
Millions of them are prematurely dying due to lung
diseases.
We must give them Solar Chulhas “
In this context , I urge you to ask
ONGC officers :
What is holding you back, to get manufactured and distribute for free,
SOLAR CHULHAS to 20 Crore
If our Pharma Industry can rise to the occasion and start producing
enough vaccines to give jabs to 10
our OIL – PETROLEUM PRODUCTS manufacturers come forward to save
250,000 lives, year after year ?
[ K ] On 13 Nov 2021,
I sent following email
to our Cabinet Ministers :
“ But a real breakthrough reduction in GHG can come only through use
of Solar Cookers (
which country imports at a cost of lakhs of crores of rupees )
What is required is for the Central Govt to go ALL OUT to push the Solar
Cooker technology
reported in
CSIR-CMERI Solar DC Cooking System- A Step Towards a
Green & Pollution Free India
Extract :
Prof. Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI, handed over the
CSIR-CMERI
developed Solar DC Cooking System to the Asansol Braille Academy, West
Bengal today
Cooking System which consists of solar PV panel / charge
controller / battery bank and / cooking
oven.
Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) Energy Based Electric Cooking System
Dear Dr
Hirani,
While congratulating you – and your team of researchers – for this path-breaking
innovation, I urge you to bring out V 2.0 of your system, with following
objectives :
# Bring down the size of PV solar panel required, from 145 sq ft to a low
of 15 sq
ft , so that , all of
mount it on roof / terrace or projecting from a window
Only then, will your System manage to save 290 million tons of Carbon
Dioxide emissions.
[ For
possible solution, refer : 1000 TIMES MORE POWERFUL SOLAR PV PANELS ]
consider a single / compact New
Solar Power for 100 HOURS but cost only ONE-TENTH of current
Lithium-ion batteries
[ for possible solution, refer : How to reduce Carbon Emission to Net Zero ? ]
Taken together, these improvements may bring down the selling price of your
system from Rs
70,000 to
In the hands of the householder, this can be further brought down to ( say
) Rs 5,000 , by :
# Central Govt providing a BUYER SUBSIDY ( DBT ) of ( say ), Rs 5000 (
what govt may be spending today on subsidizing LPG cylinders to poor
households under UJWALA scheme
# Govts reimbursing GST / SGST + introducing Production linked Incentives
( Rs 5,000 ?
)
# For every unit sold, system manufacturers allotted 10 Carbon Credits (
worth Rs 5,000 )
Q E D
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 05 March 2022
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