"India has set a target of Net-Zero emission by 2070": PM Modi

On the occasion of the 50th-anniversary celebrations of the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Prime Minister Narendra Modi said "India has set a target of Net-Zero emission by 2070."

"India has set a target of Net-Zero by 2070. We have also highlighted the need for life lifestyle for the environment and also called for a Pro Planet People movement - a movement that is crucial to combat climate change and connects every individual with climate," PM Modi said.

Prime Minister on Friday (February 4) kick-started the 50th-anniversary



celebrations of the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Patancheru, Hyderabad.

He inaugurated (ICRISAT)`s Climate Change Research Facility on Plant Protection and Rapid Generation Advancement Facility and also launched a commemorative stamp issued in Hyderabad.

While addressing the event, the Prime minister said CRISAT has experience of five decades of helping other nations in making agriculture easy and sustainable. "CRISAT has experience of 5 decades of helping other nations in making agriculture easy and sustainable," Modi said.