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Detailed explanation-1: -It is a major step towards achieving the Glasgow goal, says PM Modi. Palli village in Jammu’s Samba district has become the country’s first panchayat to become carbon neutral, fully powered by solar energy and with all its records digitised and saturation of benefits of all the Central schemes.

Detailed explanation-2: -“Palli in Jammu and Kashmir becomes India’s first ‘carbon neutral panchayat’. The village shows the way to the country by becoming carbon neutral. A big solar plant provides the energy,” Solheim wrote.

Detailed explanation-3: -Modhera in the state of Gujarat has become the first solar-powered village in India, setting a precedent for what UN Secretary-General António Guterres called a “reconciliation between humankind and planet,” reported Euronews.

Detailed explanation-4: -Now, however, his machine moves on solar power as earlier this month Prajapati’s village of around 6,500 residents, consisting mainly of potters, tailors, farmers and shoemakers, was declared India’s first village to run entirely on solar energy all the time.