QUESTION 6
GS3
10 marks
Explain the purpose of the Green Grid Initiative launched at the World Leaders’ Summit of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (Nov 2021). When was this idea first floated in the International Solar Alliance (ISA)?
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7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Explain the purpose of the Green Grids Initiative launched at COP26 and when the idea was first raised in the ISA.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1GGI–OSOWOG launched jointly by India and the UK at COP26 (Nov 2021)≈30 words
- 2Purpose: interconnect solar-rich regions across borders so solar power can be shared round the clock; reduce storage costs; mobilise finance≈30 words
- 3Idea first floated by PM Modi at the first ISA Assembly in October 2018≈30 words
- 4Challenges: cost, geopolitics, grid standards≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
What GGI isPurposeOrigin in ISA (2018)ChallengesConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Missing the second part about when the idea was first floated
- Confusing GGI with the ISA itself
Draw this
- World map sketch showing interconnected solar zones
Value addition
- Fact'One Sun One World One Grid' was first proposed by PM Modi at the first Assembly of the ISA in October 2018.International Solar Alliance / PIB
- FactOver 80 countries endorsed the GGI–OSOWOG 'One Sun Declaration' at COP26.UK COP26 Presidency / ISA
Mapped topper copies
Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 41 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 15 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 17 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aniket Ranjan · AIR 48 · Page 41 ↗Same syllabus reference
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