Question: The Central Government has launched ‘SEVA’ app for…
(a) petroleum consumers.
(b) power consumers.
(c) tourists.
(d) industry workers.
Ans : (b)
Related facts:-
- On May 23, 2017, union minister of state (IC) for power, coal, new & renewable energy and mines, Piyush Goyal launched the Saral Eindhan Vitaran Application (SEVA), developed in-house by Coal India Limited (CIL) for power sector consumers.
- SEVA is a part of ‘Digital India’ initiative, which is aimed at Easy, Effective, Economical and Transparent Governance.
- Using this app the common man would be able to hold the Government accountable for the coal linkage allocations and would be able to check any pilferage or inefficiencies in coal consumption for power generation.
- The consumer friendly mobile app helps in tracking of coal dispatch to 118 Power Plants through Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) of around 500 MT besides, dispatch through Special Forward E-Auction and Bridge Linkage from more than 200 dispatch points spread over eight states of the country.
- Daily quantity involved is to the tune of 1.25 Million Tonnes involving the daily movement of around 195 coal trains.
Related Links:-
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=162042
http://www.uniindia.com/piyush-goyal-launches-seva-app-for-power-consumers/business-economy/news/879452.html