{"id":84382,"date":"2021-02-22T16:50:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T11:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=84382"},"modified":"2021-03-01T13:48:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T08:18:53","slug":"petroleum-natural-gas-ministry-launches-saksham-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/petroleum-natural-gas-ministry-launches-saksham-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Petroleum &#038; Natural Gas Ministry launches &#8220;SAKSHAM campaign&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the News?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has launched a month-long mass awareness campaign &#8216;SAKSHAM&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Saksham Campaign:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saksham is a fuel conservation campaign. Petroleum Conservation Research Association(PCRA) organized it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim<\/strong>: It will sensitize the masses about conservation and efficient use of petroleum products which will lead towards better health and environment.<\/li>\n<li>Earlier this program was known as Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight, which was renamed as \u201cSaksham (Sanrakshan Kshamta Mahotsav)&#8221; from 2017 onwards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SAKSHAM 2021:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The campaign aims to convince consumers to switch to cleaner fuels and bring in behavioural change to use fossil fuel intelligently. The campaign will include various pan-India activities such as cyclothon, farmer workshops, seminars, etc.<\/li>\n<li>It has also spread awareness about 7 key drivers that collectively would help India move towards cleaner energy. The key drivers include:\n<ol>\n<li>Moving towards a gas-based economy<\/li>\n<li>Cleaner use of fossil fuels<\/li>\n<li>Greater reliance on domestic sources to drive biofuels<\/li>\n<li>Achieving renewable targets with the set deadlines<\/li>\n<li>Increased use of electric vehicles to decarbonize mobility<\/li>\n<li>Increased use of cleaner fuels like Hydrogen and<\/li>\n<li>Digital innovation across all energy systems.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/tifac-launches-saksham-portal-and-seaweed-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more about Saksham portal launched by TIFAC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About PCRA:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a registered non-profit society under the Ministry of Petroleum &amp; Natural Gas. It was set up in 1978.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Functions: <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a national government agency, promoting energy efficiency in various sectors of the economy.<\/li>\n<li>Furthermore, it helps the government in proposing policies and strategies for petroleum conservation. It aims at reducing the excessive dependence of the country on oil requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Headquarters: <\/strong>New Delhi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/newsonair.com\/News?title=Petroleum-%26-Natural-Gas-Ministry-launches-SAKSHAM-campaign-to-spread-awareness-about-green-energy&amp;id=408071\"><strong>AIR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>\u00a0Read also:-<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"m1pAJMWeUi\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-fishing-cat-in-india-is-under-threat\/\">The &#8220;fishing cat&#8221; in India is under threat<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;The &#8220;fishing cat&#8221; in India is under threat&#8221; &#8212; Free UPSC IAS Preparation For Aspirants\" src=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-fishing-cat-in-india-is-under-threat\/embed\/#?secret=JPW0oFma94#?secret=m1pAJMWeUi\" data-secret=\"m1pAJMWeUi\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has launched a month-long mass awareness campaign &#8216;SAKSHAM&#8217;. About Saksham Campaign: Saksham is a fuel conservation campaign. Petroleum Conservation Research Association(PCRA) organized it. Aim: It will sensitize the masses about conservation and efficient use of petroleum products which will lead towards better health and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/petroleum-natural-gas-ministry-launches-saksham-campaign\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Petroleum &#038; Natural Gas Ministry launches &#8220;SAKSHAM campaign&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1351,1310,3127,9],"tags":[1397],"class_list":["post-84382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-daily-news","category-daily-news-updates","category-economy","category-public","tag-eco_9","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704855141},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}