Summary
The government plans to capture carbon dioxide from factories using Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage technology.
These projects aim to create jobs and reduce the need for imported energy.
Key Points
3 points1
Target: produce at least five million tonnes of green hydrogen each year by 2030.
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Budget: 20,000 crore Indian rupees set aside for carbon‑capture projects.
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A new laboratory at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay can trap three tonnes of carbon dioxide daily.
New Words to Learn
4 wordshydrogen
a light gas that can be used as fuel, made clean when it comes from water
Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage
a system that catches carbon gas, turns it into useful things or stores it safely underground
crore
a word used in India that means ten million
net‑zero
when the amount of carbon put into the air is balanced by the amount taken out
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