Fail to give a big push to electric vehicles: The DNEP fails to highlight the gradual substitution of internal combustion engines with electric vehicles. Whereas several European nations have announced there plans to go for 100% electric vehicles in the next two decades.
Nuclear energy: DNEP while advocates push to the nuclear energy but has neglected concerns regarding safety and its intensive capital investment requirements.
Funding: The draft fails to mention the funding requirement for achieving the various targets under the policy.
Way Forward
The policy success hinges on the coordinated implementation by the center and state government. There is also a need to improve the functioning of the discoms under the UDAY scheme. Moreover to ensure better adoption of the renewable energy there is a need for greater awareness generation among common people.
