Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Shri Piyush Goyal, exhorted people to spread awareness about energy conservation and help improve environmental equilibrium. Shri Goyal was speaking at a function held here today to celebrate the 26th National Energy Conservation Day 2016 organized by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). During the function, the Minister gave away National Energy Conservation Awards – 2016 to industrial units and other establishments, and National Energy Conservation Painting Competition Prizes to students.
Informing the gathering about a slew of measures taken by the Government to increase energy efficiency, Shri Goyal said that the Nation has embarked on a mission to reduce India’s carbon footprint by phasing out all inefficient thermal power plants, older than 25 years, with modern energy efficient super critical ones. NTPC has already given the in-principle clearance to replace around 11,000 MW of its old, inefficient thermal power plants. The plants would be replaced in about five years, with an investment of around Rs. 50,000 crores, he added.
Further, the Minister informed that the Power Ministry is in talks with the Environment Ministry for clearances, which should not be a problem as it is a huge step in increasing energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions. He also urged the State Governments to work in Mission-mode to modernize their 25years old thermal power plants with new super critical technology.
Speaking on other initiatives taken by the Government, the Minister said that there are over 16,000 households in about 800 inaccessible villages in India which lack grid connectivity. The Ministry would be providing, to each such household, a 300 KW Solar panel, 8-hour battery backup, 5 LED bulbs, an energy efficient ceiling fan and a solar power based mobile phone charging socket, all free of cost under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY).
Further, all the companies under the Ministry of Power, under their CSR initiatives, would be providing a solar power based television set to these households. Through this initiative, the Minister added, the children who were deprived of electricity for years would get a chance to integrate with the global community.
Informing about the progress of the UJALA LED scheme, the Shri Goyal said that according to the latest figures from UJALA dashboard, over 18.38 crore LED bulbs have been distributed by EESL and another 25 crore by private sector companies. This drive has witnessed an unthinkable reduction of around 88% in LED prices in just 20 months, which led to an annual saving of around Rs. 10,000 crores for the consumers. The savings would scale up to Rs. 40,000 crores in the next 3 years.
The Minister also added that Gujarat has become the first state in the country to replace all street lights with LED bulbs and this has been achieved with zero investment by the State in the scheme as the financial savings are so huge. Further, he said that India is in talks with the neighboring countries to take the LED programme to them and become a leader in the Energy Efficiency Mission.
Interacting with children from 17 schools from across the nation, Shri Goyal answered their questions and noted that Youth of the Nation has the capability to bring a transformation in the mindsets and take the habit of conserving energy to each family. While answering a question from Port Blair, the Minister informed that the Government is working towards transforming Andaman & Nicobar Islands into ‘Green Islands’. He said that a 20 MW solar power plant has been established and a draft plan has been prepared to scale the solar power capacity in the islands to 100 MW. The Minister also added that India’s solar rooftop capacity would see a jump of 200 times to reach 40GW by 2022, wherein all the commercial and residential buildings would be covered.
Quoting Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s statement, ‘Saving electricity is cheaper than generating electricity’, Shri Goyal said that 1 unit of electricity saved is equivalent to avoiding generation of 1.33 units. 25% of energy produced in India is wasted which can be saved by bringing a change in mindset of each citizen. There is a need to effect a behavioural change to ensure participation of each citizen in environment protection, and the change should ideally start from children, he added.
Shri P. K. Pujari, Secretary Power and Shri B.P. Pandey, Special Secretary (Power) and Director General, BEE, congratulated the awardees and encouraged everyone to work in unison with the Government to achieve a Green Future for India.
Over 900 Industrial units and 1.14 Crore students participated in various categories of awards. Other dignitaries present at the event included distinguished Members of Parliament, senior Ministry Officials, Industry stalwarts and families of the awardee students.
S. No | SECTOR | FIRST PRIZE | SECOND PRIZE | CERTIFICATE OF MERIT | Download |
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1 | Aluminium | Mahan Aluminium, Dist. Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh | Vedanta Limited, Lanjigarh, Odisha | Download | |
2 | Automobile Manufacturing | Tata Motors Ltd, Dharwad, Karnataka | Tata Motors Limited-CVBU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | Bajaj Auto Ltd., Chakan Plant, Pune, Maharashtra Gabriel India Ltd., Gurgaon, Haryana | Download |
3 | Cement | JSW Cement Ltd, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh | Penna Cement Industries Limited, Ganeshapahad, Wadpally, Telangana | OCL India Ltd Bengal Cement Works, Dist. Paschim Midnapore, West Bengal Dalmia Cement East Limited, Bokaro, Jharkhand | Download |
4 | Ceramics | Orient Bell Ltd., Sikandrabad, Uttar Pradesh | Download | ||
5 | Chemicals | UPL Limited - Unit No 2, Ankleshwar, District Bharuch, Gujarat | IOL Chemicals And Pharmaceuticals Limited, Barnala, Punjab | UPL Limited - Unit No 1, Ankleshwar, District Bharuch, Gujarat | Download |
6 | Chlor-Alkali | Chemfab Alkalis Limited, Kalapet, Puducherry | Siel Chemical Complex, Rajpura, Distt. Patiala, Punjab | Download | |
7 | Consumer Goods Manufacturing | Samsung India Electronics Pvt Ltd, Noida, Uttar Pradesh | Download | ||
8 | CPWD Buildings | Shastri Bhawan, Rajendar Parsad Lane, New Delhi | Shram Shakti Bhawan/ Transport Bhawan, New Delhi | Download | |
9 | Dairy | Heritage Foods Limited, Hyderabad, Telangana | Mother Dairy fruit & Vegetable Private Limited, Patparganj, Delhi | Download | |
10 | Drug & Pharmaceutical | IPCA Laboratories Limited, Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh | Cadila Healthcare Limited, Baddi, Distt. Solan, Himachal Pradesh | Download | |
11 | Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOM) | Eastern Power Distribution Company of A.P Ltd., Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh | Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM), Bangalore, Karnataka | Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd., Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited, Delhi | Download |
12 | Fertilizers | National Fertilizers Limited, Panipat Unit, Haryana | Indo Gulf Fertilisers (A Unit of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd.), Amethi, Uttar Pradesh Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), Phulpur Unit-I, Uttar Pradesh | Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd, Trombay Unit, Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra FACT Udyogmandala Complex, Ernakulam, Kerela | Download |
13 | Food Processing | Unilever India Exports Limited - Pune Tea Exports, Pune, Maharashtra | Glaxo Smithkline Consumer Healthcare Ltd., Distt. Sonipat, Haryana | Download | |
14 | Foundry | Ghatge Patil Industries Limited, Kolhapur, Maharashtra Shriniwas Engineering Auto Components Pvt. Ltd., Dist. Pune, Maharashtra | Download | ||
15 | General Category | Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL), Ranchi, Jharkhand | Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (JVVNL), Jaipur, Rajasthan | Settling Pump House, Central Railway, Wadi, Karnataka L&T MHPS Turbine Generators Pvt. Ltd., Hazira, Surat, Gujarat | Download |
16 | General Category (Subsectors of Award) | Directorate of Local Bodies, Department of Local Self Government, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur | Hindustan Unilever Limited, Sumerpur Unit, Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh Ruchi Soya Industries Limited, Haldia, West Bengal | Download | |
17 | Hospitals | Divisional Railway Hospital, North Eastern Railway, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh Sant Parmanand Hospital, Civil Lines, New Delhi | Integral Coach Factory Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Dr. Kotnis Memorial Railway Hospital, Central Railway, Solapur, Maharashtra Divisional Railway Hospital, South Central Railway, Nanded, Maharashtra Central Hospital, North Central Railway, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Fortis Hospitals Ltd., Noida, Uttar Pradesh | Download |
18 | Hotels (5 Star and Above) | Taj Palace, New Delhi | The Leela Palace, Bengaluru, Karnataka | Jai Mahal Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan | Download |
19 | Integrated Steel Plants | Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand | JSW Steel Ltd, Bellary, Karnataka | Jindal Steel & Power Limited, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh | Download |
20 | Metro Stations | Dilshad Garden Metro Station, Delhi | - | Kashmere Gate (Metro Corriodor) Metro Station, Delhi | Download |
21 | Mining | - | Hindustan Zinc Limited - Rampura Agucha Mines, Stream 3, Distt. Bhilwara, Rajasthan | Sindesar Khurd Mine, Hindustan Zinc Limited (Vedanta Ltd), Distt. Rajsamand, Rajasthan Mine I, NLC India Limited, Neyveli, Tamil Nadu | Download |
22 | Office Buildings | Pasenger Reservation System (PRS/SC), Secunderabad, Telangana Divisional Railway Manager's Office, Northern Railway, Firozpur, Punjab | Main Telephone Exchange Building (BSNL), Panipat, Haryana Lekha Bhavan, South Central Railway, Secunderabad, Telangana | ICICI Bank Limited, NBCC Tower, Pragati Vihar, New Delhi Moore Market Complex, Southern Railway, Chennai, Tamil Nadu ICICI Bank Limited, Shobha Pearl, Banglore, karnataka ICICI Bank Limited, Sector-16, Noida, Uttar Pradesh ICICI Bank Limited, Heritage Chambers, Ahmedabad, Gujarat | Download |
23 | BPO Buildings | WNS Global Services Pvt Ltd, Shreeniketan, Nashik, Maharashtra | WNS Global Services Pvt Ltd, V-Tech IT Park, Nashik, Maharashtra | WNS Global Services (P) Ltd, Plot 8A, Whitefield, Bangalore, Karnataka | Download |
24 | Ordnance Factory | Ordnance Equipment Factory, Phoolbagh, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | Ordnance Factory, Dehradun Machine Tool Prototype Factory, Ambarnath (W), Dist. Thane, Maharashtra | Ordnance Factory Dum Dum, Kolkata, West Bengal Engine Factory Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu High Explosives Factory, Khadki, Pune, Maharashtra | Download |
25 | Paints & Allied Products | Beepee Coatings Private Limited, Vithal Udyognagar, Gujarat | Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited, Lote Factory, Ratnagiri, Maharashra | Download | |
26 | Paper & Pulp | BILT Graphic Paper Products Limited (Unit-Ballarpur), Distt. Chandrapur, Maharashtra | JK Paper Limited, Unit:JKPM, Rayagada, Odisha | Seshasayee Paper and Boards Limited-Erode, Tamil Nadu | Download |
27 | Petrochemicals | Reliance Industries Limited, Vadodara Manufacturing Division, Vadodara, Gujarat | Reliance Industries Limited, Nagothane Manufacturing Division, Raigad District, Maharashtra | Reliance Industries Ltd. - Dahej Manufacturing Division, Distt. Bharuch, Gujarat | Download |
28 | Petroleum Pipeline | - | - | Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Southern Region Pipelines, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh | Download |
29 | Plastics | Nilkamal Ltd., Nasik, Maharashtra | - | - | Download |
30 | Railway Stations | Firozpur Cantt. Railway Station, Firozpur Division, Northern Railway, Punjab Dwarka Railway Station, Rajkot Division, Western Railway, Rajkot, Gujarat | Pathankot Cantt. Railway Station, Firozpur Division, Northern Railway, Punjab. Surendranagar Railway Station, Rajkot Division, Western Railway, Rajkot, Gujarat | Ludhiana Railway Station, Firozpur Division, Northern Railway, Punjab Jalandhar City Railway Station, Firozpur Division, Northern Railway, Punjab Pakala Railway Station, Guntakal Division, South Central Railway, Andhra Pradesh Kathgodam Railway Station, North Eastern Railway, Izatnagar, Uttar Pradesh | Download |
31 | Railway Workshops | Electrical Loco Shed /Kazipet, South Central Railway, Secunderabad, Telangana | Traction Machine Workshop, Central Railway, Nasik Road, Maharashtra | Diesel Loco Shed, South Central Railway, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh | Download |
32 | Refinery | HPCL- Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL), Bathinda, Punjab | Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mumbai Refinery, Maharashtra | - | Download |
33 | Shopping Mall | Shoppers Stop Ltd., Kalyan, Maharashtra | Shoppers Stop Ltd., Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Shoppers Stop Ltd., Shyamla, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Shoppers Stop Ltd., Garuda Mall, Banglore, Karnataka | Download |
34 | Sponge Iron | MSP Steel & Power Ltd, Dist. Raigarh, Chhattisgarh | Shyam Century Ferrous Ltd., RI-Bhoi Dist., Meghalaya | - | Download |
35 | State Designated Agencies | Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA), Pune, Maharashtra | Andhra Pradesh State Energy Conservation Mission (APSECM), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh | Energy Management Centre, Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala | Download |
36 | Steel Re-Rolling Mills | - | JSW Steel Coated Products Ltd, Kalmeshwar, Maharashtra Bhushan Steel Ltd., Dist. Raigad, Maharashtra | JSW Steel Coated Products Ltd, Tarapur, Maharashtra | Download |
37 | Sugar | - | Dalmia Chini Mills, Unit- Nigohi, Distt. Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh | - | Download |
38 | Textiles | Arvind Ltd, Khatraj, Dist. Gandhinagar, Gujarat (TOP RANK) | Trident Limited (Home Textile Division), Budhni, Madhya Pradesh | Raymond UCO Denim Pvt. Ltd., Yavatmal, Maharashtra | Download |
39 | Thermal Power Stations | Captive Power Plant, Electrotherm (India) Limited, Kutch, Gujarat Nabha Power Limited, Rajpura, Dist. Patiala, Punjab Gujarat Industries Power Company Limited (Baroda Operation), Vadodara Gujarat | Puducherry Power Corporation Limited, Puducherry Budge Budge Generating Station, West Bengal Pragati Power Station, Pragati Power Corporation Limited, New Delhi | Nava Bharat Ventures Limited, Khammam District, Telangana | Download |
40 | Tyre | Balkrishna Industries Ltd, Bhuj, Gujarat | JK Tyre & Industries Ltd, Vikrant Tyre Plant, Mysuru, Karnataka | - | Download |
41 | University and Engineering Institution Buildings | Computer Science Engineering Building, KL University, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh | Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering & Telecommunications (IRISET), Secunderabad, Telangana | Electric Traction Training Centre, South Central Railway, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Gita Vidya Mandir Girls College, Sonipat, Haryana | Download |
42 | Zonal Railways | South Central Railway, Rail Nilayam, Secunderabad, Telangana | South East Central Railway, Office of General Manager, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh | Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai Maharashtra Southern Railway, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Download |
43 | Manufacturers of BEE Star Labeled Appliances (Air Conditioners) | Videocon Industries Ltd., Gurgaon, Haryana | Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., Appliance Division, Vikhroli, Mumbai | Hitachi Home & Life Solutions (India) Ltd., Dist. Mehsana, Gujarat | Download |
44 | Manufacturers of BEE Star Labeled Appliances (Agricultural Pump Set) | Aquasub Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (TOP RANK) | - | C.R.I. Pumps Private Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Texmo Industries, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | Download |
45 | Manufacturers of BEE Star Labeled Appliances (Ceiling Fan) | Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited, Ponda, Goa (TOP RANK) | Usha International Ltd, Gurgaon, Haryana Havells India Ltd, Haridwar, Uttarakhand | - | Download |
46 | Manufacturers of BEE Star Labeled Appliances (Refrigerator) | BSH Household Appliances Manufacturing Pvt Ltd., Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu Whirlpool of India Limited, Pune, Maharashtra | LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd., Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh | - | Download |
47 | Manufacturers of BEE Star Labeled Appliances (Storage Water Heater) | Bajaj Electricals Ltd, Mumbai, Maharashtra | Racold Thermo Private Limited, Chakan, Pune, Maharashtra | A.O. Smith India Water Products Pvt Ltd, Bangalore, Karnataka | Download |
48 | Manufacturers of BEE Star Labeled Appliances (Television) | - | - | - | Download |
49 | Manufacturers of BEE Star Labeled Appliances (Tubular Fluorescent Lamp) | - | Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd, Lighting Division, Dist. Baroda, Gujarat Orient Electric, Faridabad, Haryana | - | Download |
50 | Financial Institutions | - | - | Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | Download |
51 | Energy Auditors | - | - | Dr. P.P Mittal, Faridabad, Haryana Mr. R. Rajmohan, New Delhi | Download |
52 | Energy Auditing Agencies | - | - | MITCON Consultancy & Engineering Services Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra | Download |