Piyush Goyal Visits UK To Strengthen India-UK Collaboration On Power And Renewable Energy

Bilateral Engagement
Lord Mayor (PIB-GR-TYP-BIN): Mr. Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy visited the UK on 19-20 April, 2016 to strengthen India-UK collaboration on power and renewable energy, building up on the agreements made during visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the UK in November 2015.
The Minister was accompanied by an official delegation which included Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Director (Technical), IREDA and nine member business delegation.
Mr. Goyal also emphasized on the historical, cultural and financial ties between India and the UK and hoped to work on it expeditiously to strengthen and deepen the bilateral engagement.
The Minister met the media during the visit and briefed about steps the Indian Government is undertaking to improve energy access, rapid scale up of renewable energy, enhancing grid reliability, integration of renewables in the grid and the massive opportunity presented by the untapped demand in the Indian market.
(Source: PIB/GR/TYP/BIN/USPA/WN/IAIJ)