The UK government pledged millions of pounds towards India’s clean energy mix while taxpayers’ money was spent to boost the prospects of the country’s biggest oil and gas giant, a DeSmog UK analysis can reveal.
At the same time, London-based oil major BP — already the largest international oil company operating in India — said it was looking forward to “making big commitments to invest billions of dollars” in the country’s gas sector.
Department for International Trade minister, Baroness Rona Fairhead, is tipped to visit India this month as part of an ongoing series of meetings to strengthen bilateral trade between the two countries. The visit comes following a string of meetings between UK and Indian ministers over the past year, with a strong focus on India’s energy sector.
