Governance
Fuel Conservation Campaign: Saksham
- 16 Jan 2020
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An annual one-month long people centric fuel conservation campaign of the Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) named Saksham, will be launched on 16th January, 2020.
- This campaign aims to spread the message of fuel conservation and greener environment across India.
Petroleum Conservation Research Association
- PCRA is a registered society set up under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
- As a non-profit organization, PCRA is a national government agency engaged in promoting energy efficiency in various sectors of economy.
- It helps the government in proposing policies and strategies for petroleum conservation, aimed at reducing excessive dependence of the country on oil requirement.
- Its head office is located in New Delhi.
Other Initiatives Taken by the PCRA
- PCRA in association with the Institute of Petroleum-Dehradun has developed high energy efficient Piped Natural Gas (PNG) burner/Gas stove for household where piped gas is supplied which will save gas as compared to modified LPG stove for PNG.
- The annual Saksham National Competition which generally is launched in the month of July, has seen participation of 1.48 crore students.
- An awareness Campaign on 100 busiest intersections of Delhi through the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) on encouraging the behaviour of switching-off engine at red light was recently carried out by PCRA.
- The campaign led to approximately 22% reduction in idling fuel losses for petrol.
- Similarly, approximately 14%, 12% and 19% reduction in Diesel, CNG and LPG respectively was observed due to awareness campaign.
