Saksham: a month long campaign for consumers of fossil fuels launched
Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III – Environment
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With a view to create awareness among the consumers of fossil fuels, ‘SAKSHAM’, a month long campaign, was recently launched.
Launched by: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Key takeaways
The campaign shall highlight the adverse health and environmental impacts of increasing carbon footprints.
‘SAKSHAM’s idea is to convince consumers to switch to cleaner fuels and bring in behavioural change to use fossil fuel intelligently.
The campaign will also spread awareness about 7 key drivers that Prime Minister recently mentioned, that would help India move towards cleaner energy.
The key drivers include: (1) Moving towards a gas-based economy; (2) Cleaner use of fossil fuels; (3) Greater reliance on domestic sources to drive bio-fuels; (4) Achieving renewable targets with the set deadlines; (5) Increased use of electric vehicles to decarbonize mobility; (6) Increased use of cleaner fuels like Hydrogen; (7) Digital innovation across all energy systems.
