Hyderabad, Nov.17 (NSS): The Federation of Telangana Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTCCI) organised a roundtable on “Toward Net-Zero: Opportunities for Economic Diversification and Investment in Coal Districts of Telangana”, at its FTCCI office. It was hosted along with Swaniti Initiative, a Delhi-based public policy organisation stated FTCCI in the press note issued in the city today.
Swaniti Initiative has conducted a year-long study to understand Coal Dependency and the pathway to economic diversification in the Coal districts of Telangana. Rishi Kishore, Fellow and Deeksha Pande, Associate Fellow at Swaniti Initiative, presented Swaniti’s research study on Telangana’s coal-dependent district-Mancherial and Peddapalli as a case study to explain the concepts of Just Transition and Net Zero. The findings of the study highlighted the current dependency on coal for both the households and enterprises in each district.
- Ravi Kumar, Sr. Vice President FTCCI, Srinivas Garimella, chair of the Industrial Development Committee of FTCCI spoke. The roundtable was attended by President Suresh Kumar Singhal; Vice President K K Maheshwari; Vijay Gopal Reddy, Co-Chair of Energy Committee; Sriram Kolasani-State Lead-Swaniti Initiative and other dignified members of FTCCI.
