Piyush Goyal gets US award for contribution to energy policy

NEW DELHI: India has been able to achieve universal energy access in a short span of time because of PM Modi’s commitment to end energy poverty, finance minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday after accepting a prestigious US award in recognition of his contribution towards energy justice.
“This award recognises India’s growing importance in the world energy scenario. It also shows the commitment that PM Modi had of giving universal energy access to every citizen of the country, 24X7.That’s something nobody had imagined could be done,” Goyal, who is also in charge of coal and railway ministries, told TOI after receiving the Carnot prize awarded by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at University of Pennsylvania.
The prize is given for distinguished contribution to energy policy. Goyal gets the prize for laying the building blocks for a transparent, efficient and sustainable energy system. He will donate the prize money to the International Solar Alliance.