Power People | January 2011
National Energy Conservation Awards 2010 winners declared
At the Annual National Energy Conservation Day in New Delhi, Union Minister for Power, Sushilkumar Shinde, gave away the awards as recognition of innovation and achievement by establishments in energy conservation. Minister of State for Power, Bharatsinh Solanki, presided over the function while Power Secretary P Umashankar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power, Devinder Singh and Director-General, BEE, Dr Ajay Mathur were also present on the occasion. The participating units of the awards have invested Rs 5,457 crore in energy conservation and achieved a monetary saving of Rs 2,138 crore every year.