Power Minister Stresses on need for energy conservation and efficiency

The current government is making all efforts to fight against climate change and global warming. The government has a commitment to tap all energy-efficient measures so that the wastage of energy can be minimised and more focus can be laid on the renewal sources of energy.

In this regard, Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy, R K Singh, held a meeting in a virtual format with the officers of the Ministry of Power and MNRE, Addl. Chief Secretaries and Principal Secretaries of Power/Energy Departments of States & UTs.

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the role of States and UTs towards the Energy Transition Goals of India.

A statement released by the Ministry of Power said, “Minister Singh reiterated Hon'ble Prime Minister's commitment to ramp up India's fight against climate change & global warming and emphasised the need for collaboration between the centre and states to ensure Energy Transition in all potential sectors of the economy.”

“This meeting was organised in line with the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s commitment at COP26, towards reducing the carbon intensity of our country. The objective of this meeting was to ensure the state's participation in fulfilling India’s climate commitments and each State and UT can be assigned energy saving targets,” it added.

“The states should develop action plan to achieve the assigned targets. We are working for a new and modern India, which cannot happen without modern power systems, and we look forward to working with all States and UTs to achieve this,” Singh said.