Rituparna Kakati | 15 Dec, 2017
President Ram Nath Kovind
presided as the Chief Guest over the National Energy Conservation Day
celebrations, held on Thursday in New Delhi.
The occasion was also graced by the presence of Union Minister of
State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri Raj Kumar
Singh.
The President gave away National Energy Conservation Awards to
industries that have demonstrated measurable reductions in their energy use as
part of the National Energy Conservation Awards Programme.
During the event, a short film on the Energy Efficiency
achievements in the Industry Sector was also shown. Further, Kovind presented the National Painting
Competition Prizes and visited the exhibition of the prize -winning paintings.
This year, over 1.22 crore children, between 4th and
9th standards from across India, participated in the National
Painting Competition and 322 industrial units and establishments from key
sectors participated in the National Energy Conservation Awards 2017.
The Energy Conservation Day is organized on 14th December
each year by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under Ministry of Power, with
an aim to demonstrate India’s achievements in energy efficiency and
conservation, while working for its ambition of holistic development as part of
the nation’s overall effort towards climate change mitigation.
