Fossil fuels will be a bad word in decades to come: Oil Minister Pradhan

He asked oil and gas firms to take a lead in clean fuel initiatives, urging them to focus more on using farm waste to energy projects

Taking a stand that the energy transition to cleaner sources is underway, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that fossil fuels will not have acceptability forever.

"Fossil fuels will be a bad word in the decades to come. There is a growing shift towards the clean energy ecosystem. India must look at this for being a global leader," Pradhan said while speaking at a ceremony to mark launch of compressed biogas projects.

He asked oil and gas companies to take a lead in these initiatives, suggesting they focus more on using farm waste to energy projects.

During the event, public sector undertaking (PSU) companies,