New Delhi, February 10 Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said in the Rajya Sabha that Prime Minister Narendra Modi recognized the power of the "Sun" to help the poor, but the Congress promoted only the "son" because they did not realize the power of the "Sun".
Responding to supplementary questions during the question hour, the Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Pralhad Joshi, said that under the Prime Minister's leadership, India has achieved a total of 272 Gigawatts of renewable energy, as of today.
"The Prime Minister recognized the power of the 'Sun' to help the poor, but these people promoted the 'son' and did not realize the power of the 'sun'," Joshi said in the upper house.
"They are more concerned about 'son'," PM Modi recognized the power of 'sun'," he reiterated.
"In their time, including hydropower, it was 81 gigawatts. Now, including hydropower, it is 272 gigawatts. Solar energy was 2.8 gigawatts, and today it is nearly 136 gigawatts," the minister informed the members.
"If you want to talk politically, I want to inform you that we are the third largest producer of renewable energy in the world," he said.
"There was a focus on 'son' before Modi came, but PM Modi recognized the power of the Sun and he made the poor people understand that power and supported that. Now people are benefiting from schemes like PM-Kusum and PM-Suryaghar. Many states are demanding more and more under PM-Kusum," he said.
In response to a supplementary question about green ammonia, the minister said, "Under the leadership of the Prime Minister, regarding the transition to green hydrogen, 'we are not just participants, but we are the people who are shaping it for the entire world. This is the situation today'."
"Out of the target of 5 million metric tonnes, as of November 2025, 21 green hydrogen projects have been completed across the country with a total capacity of 8,300 TPA. Overall, for electrolysers and hydrogen, Rs 19,000 crore has been allocated. We are on track. There is still time until 2028, and we are doing it," the minister said.
Green ammonia manufacturing has just started in the country, and for a tender recently floated, "we have received the lowest price for green ammonia in India," he said.
"As of today, India has successfully tendered the quantity of 7.24 lakh tonnes per annum. Until recently, this was the largest tender for green ammonia anywhere in the world," he said, adding that a total of 25-30 percent of the ammonia required for fertilizers will now be available from green ammonia from 2028.
In his written reply to the question, the Minister of New and Renewable Energy said, "The Government of India is implementing the National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), with the objective of making India a global hub for the production, use, and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives. India's green hydrogen production capacity is likely to reach 5 Million Metric Tonnes per annum by 2030."
"The Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) Programme is a key component of the mission, which provides incentives for the production of green hydrogen and the manufacturing of electrolysers. Guidelines for the implementation of the incentive scheme for green ammonia production and supply (under mode 2A) have been issued under the SIGHT Programme."
"The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has discovered prices through competitive bids for the production and supply of 7,24,000 tonnes per annum of green ammonia to 13 fertilizer units across India. This green ammonia capacity corresponds to 1,27,786 tonnes per annum of green hydrogen production, according to the equivalence factor of 0.1765 kg of green hydrogen per kg of green ammonia," he said.
The estimated reduction in greenhouse gas emissions due to the replacement of 2.5 million tonnes of grey ammonia by green ammonia is about 5 million tonnes of equivalent CO₂ emissions annually on a life-cycle basis, Joshi said in his written reply.
"While the emissions related to the production of imported grey ammonia do not occur within India's territorial boundaries, its substitution with green ammonia contributes to global emission reduction, and facilitates the transition to renewable energy-based fertilizer production," he said.
