India to augment hydrogen supply chain: Pradhan SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 15, 2021, 05:31 PM IST Share Synopsis Speaking at a roundtable on hydrogen economy, Pradhan said the government is "committed to augmenting the hydrogen supply chain infrastructure in the country", including integrating it with flagship programs like SATAT that generates compressed biogas from municipal and agri waste. Agencies "The enthusiasm about hydrogen has a simple reason -- whether it's used in a fuel cell or burned to create heat, wherever hydrogen replaces fossil fuels, it slows global warming." India will augment its hydrogen supply chain infrastructure as it looks to accelerate plans to generate the carbon-free fuel, which may have an edge over other non-fossil fuel sources, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Thursday. "Hydrogen has great potential to emerge as a future source of energy," he said. "The enthusiasm about hydrogen has a simple reason -- whether it's used in a fuel cell or burned to create heat, wherever hydrogen replaces fossil fuels, it slows global warming."