US President Barack Obama hailed India’s economic growth under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and its focus on renewable energy. Obama said the Modi government’s ambitious plans for scaling up the use of renewable energy combines a concern for environment and creates opportunity for furthering global growth through fresh investment in renewable energy. Obama said this in an intervention during a G20 Leaders Summit session yesterday. According to a senior official present during his intervention, Obama also said it has the potential to create employment.