Green Jobs” are ideally the jobs that contribute to preserve or restore the environment, be they in traditional sectors such as manufacturing and construction, or in new, emerging green sectors such as clean fuels, renewable energy, grid and electricity, clean vehicles, energy security and efficiency.As per the reports of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), around 11.5 million green jobs are created globally from the renewable energy segment, while the Asian countries have a major share in this.
Of late, the year 2020 has seen lots of turbulence across the globe due to the onslaught of Covid-19 pandemic. Industries and economies suffered great losses
Post-Covid there is much more importance and potential for this sector to grow and with proper education and training, policies and labour market changes, this will lead to a sustainable growth of job creations to the tune of more than 5 million in next three years.According to a study during mid-2019 by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, India (CEEW India) that, with target of 175 GW by 2022, India has the potential to create employment for over 330,000 workers in the wind and solar sectors alone and at least 230,000 additional workers by 2022.
India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visionary leadership is taking a big stand for a clean and green world. With various international programmes spearheaded by India like India Energy Forum, International Solar Alliance, etc, the Green Energy sector is going big in India.
The very recent Skill Council for Green Jobs (SCGJ) launched in India promoted by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) is an excellent initiative to drive the green energy jobs in India.Former Executive Director Erik Solheim of United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP), in his recent tweet, mentioned that India now produces the cheapest solar power in the world with prices falling by 27 per cent from 2018 to 2019 and this opens up huge opportunity for green jobs in India.
Driving India’s Energy Security and Efficiency initiatives, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan over the years has spearheaded India’s Energy future in a world of change.
In a recently concluded India Energy Forum 2020 by CERA Week, Pradhan has welcomed global industries to become partners in India’s shared prosperity by enhancing India’s production of all forms of energy and the best destination for energy investments. This just signifies the more green jobs that India is slated to produce.
Under PM Modi, many path breaking reforms are taking place in the energy sector with focus shifting from revenue to production maximisation bringing more transparency and maximising ease-of-doing business and hence a better destination for investments with equal potential of increased green jobs in coming future.
With the Aatma Nlrbhar Bharat initiatives, more educated youths are looking forward to becoming self-reliant by starting off green ventures with promises of creating more jobs for people working in the sector.
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