In addition, India is committed to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 5 and 7, that is, Gender Equality and Affordable and Clean Energy, through various schemes and policies. While efforts such as the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana and Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana are targeted at SDG 7 and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yojana and National Policy for Women are in line with SDG 5, both SDG targets are touched upon by the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. On the face of it, the transition to LPG seems to be the only intervention targeting SDGs 5 and 7 simultaneously. This article argues that there are efforts already underway visà-vis the achievement of both goals. It scrutinizes existing reports on gender-disaggregated employment creation in the renewable energy (RE) sector. Further, this article argues that while there is a consensus regarding lower female participation in RE workforce, the efforts towards achievement of SDGs 5 and 7 are invisible due to their presence in the informal sector.
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