PM Narendra Modi dons ethnic jacket made from recycled material during interaction with Bill Gates

India is moving ahead at a rapid pace in scaling up its renewable energy capacity in areas such as wind and solar energy and wants to move fast in nuclear energy and green hydrogen Prime Minister Narendra Modi has saidIn an interaction with Mircrosoft cofounder Bill Gates Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about Indias culture of recycling waste and said the halfjacket he was wearing was made of recycled material with a speciality that it had been made using spare cloth pieces at tailors shops and also using recycled plastic bottlesRecycling and Reusing are inherent to our nature This jacket is made from recycled material Even this has specialty There are waste cloth pieces at tailors shop all this waste material has been collected It has been made of old clothes and thirty to forty percent waste plastic bottles have been used and all this has been recycled to make the cloth for the jacket PM Modi saidPM Modi told Bill Gates that the country is making rapid growth in renewable energy and has provided for a corpus fund of Rs 1 lakh crore in the budget to encourage the younger generation to contribute with innovative ideasI believe we should adopt a twoprolonged strategy First is innovation and the goal should be to evaluate environmentfriendly and climatefriendly innovations To this end India has established a corpus fund of Rs 1 lakh crore in this budget inviting the younger generation to contribute their innovative ideas We are offering interestfree loans for 50 years to support these innovations he addedPM Modi also told Bill Gates about the launch of Indias first indigenous green hydrogen fuel cell inland waterway vesselIn Tamil Nadu I launched green hydrogen fuel cell boat This environmental friendly boat ride I have thought of running from Kashi to Ayodhya so that it reinforces my movement for clean Ganga and there is message towards environmentconscious society PM Modi saidTheres another important thing we need to focus on in our lifestyle Thats why I started Mission life which stands for lifestyle for environment Its because living a climate friendly life daily is crucial If we dont embrace a life that respects nature it doesnt matter how much external effort we put in and how many new innovations we create Our way of life should be in syncour current challenge is how we view progress he saidPM Modi launched hydrogen fuel cell inland waterway vessel under the Harit Nauka initiative during his visit to Tamil Nadu last month and said it is a gift of the people of Tamil Nadu for Kashi He said that he witnessed the enthusiasm and affection of the people of Tamil Nadu in Kashi Tamil SangamamIndia has invested Rs 1693 lakh crore in the power and renewable energy sectors since 2014 with an additional Rs 1705 lakh crore in the pipeline In 2024 India is likely to witness an investment of Rs 137500 crore about USD 165 billion in renewable energy capacity which would be higher than 135 GW with an investment of Rs 74250 crore nearly USD 9 billion seen in 2023PM Modi said that data security is of concern and public awareness is crucialToday data security remains a paramount concern While India has a legal framework in place public awareness is equally crucialPM Modi said technology should be used to ease of living of citizensIn our country I have initiated storing all university certificates in the cloud to reduce costs and to fulfill various needs efficiently Earlier there was a push for stringent compliance requirements But I advocated and ensured simplification and made the data to be uploaded to the cloud with shared IDs enabling us to access necessary information directly This approach underscores my commitment to leveraging technology not just to enhance services but also to significantly improve the ease of living for our citizens PM Modi saidAlso in the case of deepfakes it is crucial to acknowledge and present that a particular deepfake content is AIgenerated along with the mention of its source These measures are really important especially in the beginning We thus need to establish some dos and donts he addedPM Modi talked about his government using technology to increase income of peopleI have launched a programme NaMo Drone Didi I have two goals behind this programme to make 3 crore Lakhpati Didis in the country ie making 3 crore women of the country to earn Rs 1 lakh annually that too from underprivileged families I want to modernise agriculture and I want to ensure womens participation in the same Today Drone Didis say We didnt know how to ride a bicycle but today we have become pilots were operating drones PM Modi saidI am ensuring technological advancements in agriculture too We are bringing a big revolution and I want to change the mindset The technological advancements I am most excited about are in the sectors of health agriculture and education I have built around 2 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandirs in villages I directly connect these health centres with the best hospitals keeping modern technology as a bridge between the two he addedPM Modi said during the G20 Summit in Indonesia representatives from around the world expressed their curiosity about the digital revolution weve spearheadedI explained to them our foundational approachwe have democratised technology to prevent monopoly It is by the people and for the people Were committed to ensure that emerging talent from within the community can continuously contribute and enhance its value to foster trust in technology among people he saidI want to lead a government in which any unnecessary governmental intervention from the lives of the middle class people gets eliminated For those in poverty who genuinely require government assistance the assistance should be readily available in abundance he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom 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