Foundation Day of AREAS

Foundation Day of AREAS

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III- Energy resources; Renewable sources of Energy

In news

• On the 6th Foundation Day (27th August 2020) of the Association of Renewable Energy Agencies of States (AREAS), the government has launched a website and telephone directory for AREAS.

Important value additions

AREAS

• Agenda Behind AREAS: State Nodal Agencies (SNAs) for Renewable Energy (RE) interact and learn from each other’s experiences and also share their best practices and knowledge regarding technologies and schemes/programmes.
• Members: The Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy (NRE) is the Patron of the Association and Secretary, MNRE is the ex-officio President of the Association. All SNAs are members of the Association.
• Formation: It got registered under Society Registration Act, 1860 on 27th August 2014.