{"id":68989,"date":"2019-02-16T13:55:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T13:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=68989"},"modified":"2019-02-16T13:55:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T13:55:24","slug":"4th-annual-carnot-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/4th-annual-carnot-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"4th Annual Carnot Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Name the Union Minister who received 4th annual Carnot Prize (2018) award held at the New Delhi? <\/strong><br>(a) Piyush Goyal <br>(b) Nirmala Sitharaman <br>(c) Smriti Irani <br>(d) Ravi Shankar Prasad <br><strong>Answer :(a) <br>Related facts: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>On 30<sup>th<\/sup> January 2019,<strong> Piyush Goyal<\/strong> Minister of Railways &amp; Coal and\nformer Minister of Power, Coal, New &amp; Renewable Energy and Mines (Government of India)<strong> <\/strong>received <strong>Carnot Prize 2018 <\/strong>at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.\nThis is the <strong>4<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Award<\/strong>\nof series.<\/li><li>As per<strong> Kleinman Center for Energy Policy<\/strong>,the\nCarnot Prize recognizes India\u2019s <strong><em>\u201c<\/em>solid footing to reach a 40% renewable mix\nby 2030<em>\u201d<\/em><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2662621974\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<li>This award has been conferred recognizing transformational changes in\npower sector\u2014including the fast-track electrification of nearly 18,000 villages\nin some of the most remote and inaccessible parts of the country as well as\nrolling out a comprehensive power sector reform plan, the world\u2019s largest LED\nbulb distribution program, and the world\u2019s largest renewable energy expansion\nprogram under his tenure.<\/li><li>The Award money received will be <strong>donated <\/strong>to the <strong>International\nSolar Alliance <\/strong>to institute the <strong>Diwakar Award.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Carnot\nPrize:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Carnot Prize is annual recognition of Kleinman\nCenter for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania intended to honor those leading\nrevolutions in energy policy to further progress and prosperity. <\/li><li>The award is named after French physicist Nicolas Sadi Carnot (Father of\nThermodynamics).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=187882\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=187882<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu\/events\/2018-carnot-prize-india\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu\/events\/2018-carnot-prize-india<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/indiaeducationdiary.in\/kleinman-center-energy-policy-university-pennsylvania-awards-4th-annual-carnot-prize-union-minister-piyush-goyal-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">http:\/\/indiaeducationdiary.in\/kleinman-center-energy-policy-university-pennsylvania-awards-4th-annual-carnot-prize-union-minister-piyush-goyal-2\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Name the Union Minister who received 4th annual Carnot Prize (2018) award held at the New Delhi? (a) Piyush Goyal (b) Nirmala Sitharaman (c) Smriti Irani (d) Ravi Shankar Prasad Answer :(a) Related facts: On 30th January 2019, Piyush Goyal Minister of Railways &amp; Coal and former Minister of Power, Coal, New &amp; Renewable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}