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CURRENT AFFAIR

• An annual one-month long people centric fuel conservation campaign of the Petroleum Conservation  Research Association (PCRA) named Saksham, was  launched on 16th January, 2020.

Topics covered

• Science and Technology – developments and their applications and effects in everyday life.

OBJECTIVES

• To create focused attention on fuel conservation through people centric activities and
• To sensitize the masses about the conservation and efficient use of petroleum products leading to better  health and environment.

INITIATIVES

• PCRA has developed energy efficient burners for gas
• It will provide messages on “Pollution ka Solution”.
• In collaboration with NCERT, PCRA has prepared a comic book on the theme, “Fuel Conservation”. The  books are to be distributed at the campaigns. The  books are also available in E-Pathshala.

Petroleum Conservation Research  Association

• PCRA is a registered society set up under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
• Its head office is located in New Delhi.
• 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

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.

Previous Achievements of PCRA  campaigns

• The most successful Saksha campaign of PCRA was recently conducted on switching off of engines at red  light in traffic signals.
• This helped to reduce fuel losses by 22% before and after the campaign.

Energy Conservation

• Energy Conservation as the name specifies it is to conserve energy.
• We have limited amount of energy at our disposal. The primary energy comes from coal or fossil fuels.
• Almost 85 to 90% of primary energy comes from fossil
• Some come from water resources, nuclear sources and other renewable sources.

Government Measures

• As per Energy Consumption Act of 2001, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) was established which has  made policies and implemented throughout various  energy systems.
• There are emission norms like Euro norms and BS norms which help in environment purification.

Methods to Conserve Energy

• Alternate sources of energy.
• Enhance the production efficiency.
• Taxation incentives to promote energy conservation.

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