Indian Railways' carbon emission will be zero by 2030: Piyush Goyal

Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that by December 2023, India will have 100% electrified rail network, and by 2030, Indian Railways' carbon emission will be zero. Carbon emission from Railways was 6.84 million tonnes in 2014, according to NITI Aayog data. We will be the world's first railway of this scale to be 100% electric, he added.