R.K. Singh, Minister of State ( Independent Charge) for Power , New and Renewable Energy chaired a high level meeting to review the progress of various energy efficiency programmes and the preparedness for Climate Change Actions in the country through video conferencing on June 16, 2021.
The purpose of this high level meeting was to discuss activities in the field of energy efficiency across all the sectors of the economy with the objective of reducing CO2 emissions.
Singh directed to keep focus on sectors with highest emissions intensity such as transport, MSMEs and power plants. He discussed the activities defined under the Mission Document – ROSHANEE – which has been developed for implementing a series of Energy Conservation schemes across the country.
He advised the ministries to take appropriate measures on the demand side initiatives to ensure that the wastage of energy is minimized and said that the deployment of low carbon technologies need to be taken up on a massive scale, especially in the MSMEs, where it is highly essential. He instructed all the departments that electric mobility also should be more aggressively pushed.
The minister stressed that for better implementation of all energy efficiency schemes, the institutional mechanism in Bureau of Energy Efficiency, CPSU under Ministry of Power would be strengthened. State agencies will also need to be strengthened to scale up energy efficiency efforts.
He emphasized to take following actions:
- Greening of Electricity
- A Committee/Group to be set up having members from all relevant ministries for implementation of the roadmap on energy efficiency and low carbon technologies
- Strengthening of organizational structure of Bureau of Energy Efficiency and in the states
The high-level meeting had senior officials from Ministry of Power, Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Department of Expenditure, Department of Heavy Industry, NITI Aayog, CEA, BEE, NTPC, PFC, REC, EESL, IREDA and SECI.
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