India plans cut in emissions of cement, steel, other sectors

The Union government plans to come up with mitigation action based on carbon capture and clean coal for industries that are among the biggest emitters of gases that cause global warming, Niti Aayog member V.K. Saraswat said in an interview with Mint.

- Puja Das

"We are certainly looking at mitigation actions for sectors which are difficult. For example, the industry sector, which is difficult to mitigate, like steel plants, cement plants, refineries, fertilisers plants. These consume huge power, and they are big guzzlers. So, we are looking at