MoP - Ministry of Power

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Hon’ble President Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil giving away the first prize on National Energy Conservation Day,
14 th December, 2007. Minister of Power and Secretary (Power) are in the foreground
8. Institutional Strengthening of BEE
The proposed scheme seeks to provide resources allocated
during the XI plan for:
(a) Setting up of Energy Conservation Information Center
(ECIC) christened BEEnet as a web enabled online
data collection and collation system. The project will
provide the following facilitation functions that BEE/
SDAs are accredited with:
Web based online system that facilitates seamless
filing of returns by the Designated Consumers as
required under section 14 (k) and 14 (l) of the
Energy Conservation Act. The notification of the
same has been issued by Government in March,
2007 and the returns will be required to be filed
before the State Designated Agencies from FY
2008-09.
The returns so filed, after due processing, be
transferred to the respective state designated
agencies as per their respective jurisdiction;
Providing for due capture of existing data in respect
of all other programmes of BEE/ SDAs.
(b) Infrastructure and resource augmentation of BEE; and
(c) Support to finance R&D in energy efficiency in IITs and
Policy research from ASCI, IIPA, etc.
The proposal seeks government funding for infrastructure
creation that is necessary for BEE to implement 8 new
projects/schemes through the country with an allocation of
Rs. 502 crores during the XI plan. The present working
strength of 12 is grossly limited to undertake these activities,
which are anyway being outsourced. The proposal does
not seek creation of posts, which is being taken up
separately, but backup support to enable effective
implementation of energy efficiency measures. The total
cost estimated for this scheme is Rs. 97 crores and is
expected to deliver a robust organizational set up to
implement, monitor and evaluate the schemes.
9. National Energy Conservation Awards, 2007
Ministry of Power had instituted National Energy
Conservation Awards to motivate industrial units to
conserve and use energy efficiency. This award scheme
has been extended to building sector and zonal railway.
Indian industrial units, office buildings, hotels and zonal
railways, who are leading the way in becoming more energy
efficient, were awarded by Ministry of Power in a function
organized on the occasion of National Energy Conservation
Day, the 14th December 2007 at New Delhi. These annual