Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy, R. K. Singh, chaired a virtual meeting recently with the officers of Ministry of Power and MNRE, Addl. Chief Secretaries and Principal Secretaries of Power/Energy Departments of States & UTs to discuss the role of States and UTs towards Energy Transition Goals of India.
Minister Singh reiterated 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 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 the India’s climate commitments and each state and UT can be assigned energy saving targets.
Addressing the meeting, Singh stressed on the need for collaborative efforts between the Central and State Governments towards the large-scale deployment of energy efficiency measures in potential sectors of the economy. He emphasised the need to have state specific agency dedicated for energy efficiency and conservation. He urged that the states should develop action plan to achieve the assigned targets. He further said, “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.”
