Two day conference of States Power Ministers

Two day conference of States Power Ministers

Question: A two-day conference of Ministers for Power, New & Renewable Energy & Mines of States & Union Territories will be held on 7th& 8th of October in ….?
a) New Delhi
b) Bhopal
c) Raipur
d) Vadodara
Ans: (d)
Related facts:

  • A two-day conference of Ministers for Power, New & Renewable Energy & Mines of States & Union Territories will be held on 7th& 8thof October in Vadodara, Gujarat.
  • The Conference will be inaugurated by Mr. Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines.
  • The aim of this two-day conference is to review the implementation of various ongoing Schemes/ Programmes & deliberate on a host of issues related to Power, Coal, Renewable Energy and Mines sectors.
  • The conference will be organized on the sidelines of the International Energy Conference-SWITCH Global Expo organized by Government of Gujarat from 06th to 10th October, 2016 at Vadodara.
  • Ministers and Secretaries will discuss issues like implementation of Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY), 24×7 Power for All, IT enablement of urban & rural feeders, Rural Electrification Programme, Energy conservation, Right of Way (RoW) compensation for transmission lines in urban areas, National Power Demand & National Electricity Plan.
  • They will also discuss introduction of Mobile Apps for increasing transparency.
  • In the area of Renewable Energy, State wise review will be taken on issues regarding Solar Power, Wind Power as well as the compliance of Renewable Purchase Obligations (RPOs) and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).
  • In the Coal sector, deliberations will focus upon issues like Import Substitution of coal, third party sampling and flexibility in utilization of coal will be among other outstanding issues of coal companies.
  • In the Mining sector, discussion will concentrate upon important issues such as preparedness for e-auctions of major mineral blocks, setting up of District Mineral Funds (DMF) in the States, exploration policy, star rating of Mines and curbing of illegal mining through Mining Surveillance System (MSS).

Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151398
http://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/state-power-ministers-to-discuss-energy-conservation-in-switch-global-expo/54673773