Asking the Indian climate summit, when a new range of temperature AC will be carried out, Mr. Yadav said that any such situation can only occur after 2050.
The Minister of the Union of the Union Bhupender Yadav said on Friday (June 27, 2025) that the government is unlikely to introduce the temperature range of 20 ° C to 28 ° C and that it will be introduced gradually over time.
Asking the Indian climate of the summit, when the new temperature range AC will be introduced, Mr. Yadav said that such a situation may occur only after 2050.
“I don’t think it will happen immediately; the capacities will be gradually built over time,” he said.
Mr Yadav said that climate objectives must be carried out in accordance with the national circumstances and the principle of CBDR-RC (common, but differentiated responsibility and appropriate abilities).
Indian national contributions (NDCS) or the National Climate Plan, submitted by the UN climate, emphasize the “approach to energy of their people”, he said.
The CBDR-RC principle means that all countries have to fight climate change, but developed nations should do more because they have historically contributed more emissions and have more sources.
At the beginning of this month, the Minister of Trade Union Manohar Lal Khattar said that air conditioning in India will soon be required to operate in a fixed range of 20 degrees Celsius to 28 degrees Celsius and settings below or above this limit will be prohibited.
According to the Energy Efficiency Authority, most AC in India is currently determined between 20 and 21 degrees Celsius, although the ideal range of comfort is 24 to 25 degrees Celsius.
Bee recommends setting air conditioning at 24 to 25 degrees Celsius to compensate for the comfort and power consumption. It is said that maintaining temperature too low, approximately 20 to 21 degrees Celsius, wasteing electricity.
The agency also says that an increase in temperature AC by only 1 degree can save about 6% of electricity. Its increase from 20 degrees Celsius to 24 degrees Celsius could lead to energy savings of up to 24%.
India adds 10-15 million new ACS annually, with another 130-150 million are expected in the next decade. Without political intervention, ACS could drive 120 GW of top energy by 2030 and 180 GW by 2030 and by 2035, which is almost 30% of the supposed sums according to the recent Study of India Energy and Climate Center (UC) Berkeley.
The study states that the fastest developing main economy can avoid serious energy deficiency and save consumers up to 2.2 Lakh Crore ($ 26 billion) by double the energy efficiency of the ACS room in the next 10 years.
In the summer of 2024, sales in the air conditioning of the room increased by 40% to 50% at record temperatures.
The share of the household sector in total electricity consumption in India increased from 22% in 2012–13 to 25% in 2022-23.
Much of this increase can be attributed to economic growth and growing need for cooling due to growing temperatures, experts say.
According to the ongoing research at the Oxford Indian Center for Sustainable Development at Oxford University around the world by two degrees Celsius warmer than before industrial times, the largest cooling requirement, in terms of the overall population, comes from India, nigeria, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Philippines and the US
Published – 27th June 2025 23:13
