Question: On February 19, 2021 who has launched ‘Go Electric’ Campaign ?
a) Environment ministry
b) NDMC
c) MoRTH
d) Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)
Ans: d)
Context
- Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises launched the “Go Electric” Campaign on February 19, 2021 .
Facts
- Campaign is launched to spread awareness on the benefits of e-mobility and EV Charging Infrastructure as well as electric cooking in India.
- Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), under the aegis of the Ministry of Power has been mandated to undertake an awareness drive for promoting Public Charging, e-mobility & its ecosystem.
- Currently, India is using 94 million tonnes of oil and petroleum products for transportation only. It will double by 2030, if India keep on going along the same trajectory as it is going presently. Oil imports will double.
- To stop that from happening India need alternate sources as energy source for mobility. This campaign has been launched with an aim to push the country towards 100 percent e-mobility and clean and safe e-cooking.
- The main objective is to shift India’s dependency on fossil fuel import towards Aatma Nirbhar Bharat in the sector of transport and cooking via the use of indigenous electric fuel.
By kameshwar shukla