{"id":28766,"date":"2025-10-16T11:27:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T05:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28766"},"modified":"2025-10-16T13:20:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:50:56","slug":"national-energy-conservation-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-energy-conservation-award\/","title":{"rendered":"National Energy Conservation Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>National Energy Conservation Awards Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has invited applications for the 35th National Energy Conservation Awards (NECA) 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About National Energy Conservation Awards<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the most prestigious national platforms that <\/span><b>recognize excellence, innovation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and leadership in <\/span><b>energy efficiency and conservation.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>instituted in 1991 by the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bureau-of-energy-efficiency\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bureau of Energy Efficiency<\/a> (BEE).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These awards are envisioned to honor the <\/span><b>exemplary contributions of industries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, buildings, transport undertakings, and institutions in <\/span><b>reducing energy consumption and enhancing energy efficiency<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Purpose and Significance &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Awards aim to <\/span><b>inspire industries, organizations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and individuals to adopt <\/span><b>energy-efficient technologies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and practices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Award Categories for NECA 2025: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Industries, Transport, Buildings, Institutions (State\/SDA &#8211; Evaluation through State EE Index), Energy-Efficient Appliances, Energy Efficiency Innovation, <\/span><b>Content Creators and Influencers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><b>New Category)<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new category, <\/span><b>Digital Content Creators and Influencers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, recognises the growing influence of social media in shaping public behavior and spreading awareness about energy conservation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This new initiative aims to mobilize content creators as ambassadors of change, inspiring millions of citizens to adopt energy-conscious lifestyles.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What is the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was set up on March 1, 2002 under the provisions of <\/span><b>the Energy Conservation Act, 2001.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mission:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To assist in <\/span><b>developing policies and strategies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a thrust on self-regulation and market principles, within the overall framework of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The primary objective of <\/span><b>reducing the energy intensity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Indian economy.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Functions: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It coordinates with <\/span><b>designated consumers,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> designated agencies and other organizations and recognises, identifies and utilises the existing resources and infrastructure, in performing the functions assigned to it under the Energy Conservation Act.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2179463#:~:text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Energy Conservation Awards is one of the most prestigious national platforms that recognize excellence, innovation, and leadership in energy efficiency and conservation. Read more about National Energy Conservation Award, Objectives, Purpose and Significance, News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":69274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3285],"class_list":{"0":"post-28766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-national-energy-conservation-award","9":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}