Government grants 2 years extension for thermal power plants to reduce emissions

The power ministry has asked that the Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Climate Change install FGD technology and reduce thermal power plants emissions.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted various industries, and the power sector in India is no exception. The implementation of the Flue Gas De-Sulfurization (FGD) technology, which is essential for reducing emissions from thermal power plants, has been affected by the pandemic. This has led to a delay in the implementation of FGD by thermal power plants (TPPs).
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has requested the Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) provide additional time for TPPs to install FGD. The MoEF&CC has granted a two-year extension for the implementation of FGD by TPPs.
However, the Indian power sector has taken several measures to reduce emissions from TPPs in the last five years. One such measure is the adoption of efficient technologies. Many TPPs have switched from subcritical to supercritical and ultra-supercritical technology to improve efficiency and reduce coal consumption, thereby reducing emissions.
The capacity of inefficient and old thermal power generation units has been retired, reducing emissions. The use of biomass pellets along with coal for power generation has also been encouraged, and mandatory targets have been given to TPPs to reduce their specific energy consumption through the Perform, Achieve, Trade (PAT) Scheme.
India has also submitted revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) to achieve 50 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity by 2030 from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources.

The details regarding Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) emissions by thermal power stations in Metric Ton per Mega Watt hour (MWh) generation for the last five years are as follows: