India and Japan join hands to intensify cooperation in energy efficiency and conservation sector as well as environmental issues. It is quite a good move as Japan is one of the most developed countries of the world, so it will eventually helps India a lot in various areas.
In the 5th
meeting of the India-Japan Energy Dialogue in New Delhi, Deputy Chairman of the
Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Japanese Minister of Economy,
Trade and Industry Yukio Edano stressed on the need to expand the process of
consultation between the public and private sectors to strengthen the bilateral
cooperation in the energy sector. India has various drawbacks in the energy
sector, so experts are hoping that this move will be able to make the scenario
much better.
The two sides decided
to consider the possibility of further cooperation in the establishment of
statistics database in the sector concerned. The two sides also decided to
closely cooperate in the development of infrastructure in the sector of
electricity and energy such as deployment of highly efficient coal-fired power
generation, pumped-storage power generation and power transmission systems.
Japan also agreed to
extend its help in India’s National Solar Mission in India. Both the sides will
discuss the possibility of contribution by Japan’s ultra modern technologies
and products.