Though India currently generates most of its power through coal-powered plants, the country has been making great strides implementing more environmentally-friendly initiatives.
For starters, according to the country’s new Union Budget for 2017, 7000 Indian railway stations are going to be converted to solar power.
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In December, India broke the world record for most trees planted in a single day. The historic record previously held by Pakistan, which planted 830,000 saplings in 2013, now belongs to India after they planted 49.3 million throughout the nation.
In a recent move to cut pollution and emissions from coal-fired plants, the largest democracy in the world approved the construction of 10 new heavy water nuclear power plants, which, if operated safely, will offer a much cleaner form of energy for millions of homes.
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