India should reduce dependency on fossil fuels: Survey

Government should take steps to bring down the country’s reliance on fossil fuels below the level of other countries and continue to be a good global citizen on climate change, the Economic Survey said today.

India, which signed Paris agreement on climate change in December 2015, will now shift its focus to implementing the pacts, it said.

On India’s fossil fuel use from long-term perspective, the Survey said that so far the country’s reliance on fossil fuels remains “well below” China and also below the US, the UK and Europe at comparable stages of development.