{"id":12699,"date":"2023-07-01T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T04:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12699"},"modified":"2025-04-01T20:58:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:28:28","slug":"sight-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sight-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"SIGHT Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About SIGHT programme:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a sub component under the National Green Hydrogen Mission.<\/li>\n<li>Aim of the programme:\n<ul>\n<li>Component I: It aims at providing electrolyzer manufacturing incentives with a total outlay of INR 4440 crore<\/li>\n<li>Component II: It focuses on green hydrogen production with financial outlay of INR 13050 crore.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Implementing agency: The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) would be the implementing agency responsible for the scheme\u2019s execution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Key facts about National Green Hydrogen Mission<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It was launched in 2022, with the goal of making India energy independent and decarbonising major sectors of the economy.<\/li>\n<li>Benefits of this mission\n<ul>\n<li>India\u2019s Green Hydrogen production capacity is likely to reach at least 5 MMT per annum, with an associated renewable energy capacity addition of about 125 GW.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The targets by 2030 are likely to bring in over Rs. 8 lakh crore investments.<\/li>\n<li>Nearly 50 MMT per annum of CO2 emissions are expected to be averted by 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What is the green hydrogen?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the gas produced by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen using an electrolyzer that may be powered by electricity generated from renewable energy sources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Electrolysis ?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a chemical process that uses an electric current to drive a non-spontaneous chemical reaction. It involves the decomposition of an electrolyte, which can be a liquid solution or molten compound, into its constituent elements or ions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/economy\/govt-unveils-guidelines-for-green-hydrogen-production-electrolyser-manufacturing\/article67024046.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Green Hydrogen Mission. Govt unveils guidelines for green hydrogen production, electrolyser manufacturing<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SIGHT Programme is a sub component under the National Green Hydrogen Mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12700,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12699","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}