New Delhi: India has taken a major step toward cleaner industrial production by allocating Rs 455 crore for pilot projects that will use hydrogen in the steel sector, the Parliament was informed on Friday.

The funding has been approved under the National Green Hydrogen Mission launched by the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy and will be available until the financial year 2029–30.

The pilot projects aim to reduce carbon emissions from steelmaking, one of the country’s most energy-intensive industries, Minister of State for Steel Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma said in a written reply to Rajya Sabha.

According to the data, four pilot projects have already been awarded. These include one project in a central public sector enterprise and three in private-sector steel plants.

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