Mumbai, November 30: The outgoing chairman of Atomic Energy Commission Anil Kakodkar today said India should have a long-term goal to achieve energy independence.
“To achieve energy independence is not going to be easy and what I meant by energy independence is the day India stop importing energy,” Kakodkar said, addressing his staff at Department of Atomic Energy Headquarters on his farewell.
“We all should look for such a day and that should be the ultimate aim,” Kakodkar, a proponent of self-reliance with import option as only ‘additionality’ said.
He asked the DAE family to gear up for the new challenges that are in the offing as a number of foreign players are in India and expect a lot of Indian players going abroad through technology transfer.
“DAE is undergoing change and it will not be what it was yesterday.
–Agencies