India, March 24 -- With the recent release of NITI Aayog's comprehensive net-zero pathway reports, there has been renewed interest in India's decarbonisation trajectory. The 11-report series, informed by ten inter-ministerial working groups, charts India's path to net zero by 2070 while achieving Viksit Bharat (Developed India) by 2047. The findings are striking: India's economy can grow eleven-fold while energy demand increases only 2.1 to 2.6 times, driven by electrification, energy efficiency, and circularity. This "development-first" framework validates what India has been demonstrating on the ground-that development and decarbonisation need not be contradictory goals.

India is notably one of the last major economies yet to publicly ...