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These are ambitious targets     From contributing to India’s food
                                requiring innovative solutions and a   security goals through innovative
                                collaborative approach. Attaining   packaging to reducing the
                                rapid, equitable and sustainable   country’s petroleum bill to
                                growth will mean stretching the   enhancing the potency of solar
                                finite resources to their limit. Rising   panels, to multiplying the
                                aspirations of the new generation   effectiveness of medicines
                                Indians can be met only by adopting   chemistry offers a responsible
                                pioneering approaches and       solution for every challenge that
                                implementing breakthrough       India is trying to address. Today,
                                solutions.                      Chemical companies are pushing
                                                                their boundaries, undertaking
                                Chemistry has some answers      deep research, partnering user
                                                                industry, introducing new material
                                One catalyst of sustainable,    and reaching out to the society in
                                equitable development is chemistry.   pursuit of responsible and
                                Contrary to popular perception,   sustainable development. India
                                chemistry has immense potential to   has the advantage of being in a
                                become a catalyst for double digit   position, where the country can
                                growth in the manufacturing sector,   leapfrog to best technology from a
                                while making a positive impact on   sustainability standpoint.
                                environment and helping achieve
                                Sustainable Development Goals in
                                a responsible manner. Not only is   India has committed
                                chemistry inherent in human beings,
                                it also makes up everyday essentials   to reducing its
                                such as medicines, personal care   emissions intensity
                                products, electricity and a vast array
                                of commodities. While touching   per unit of GDP by
                                various aspects of human life every
                                day, chemistry uniquely has the   33% ~ 35% by 2030
                                power to generate benefits for
                                humans, sustainability and       from the 2005 levels.
                                economic interests.




































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