The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan has recently inaugurated Oil & Gas Conservation Fortnight 2016 in New Delhi. Hon’ble Minister also presented conservation award to Director (Finance) A.K. Srinivasan for ONGC’s (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited) role in spreading message of oil & gas conservation by MOPNG.
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<p class="Newspara"><span style="font-size: 1em;">Speaking on the occasion, Mr Pradhan said that in India, there is an acute need to bring about awareness about clean fuel and fuel conservation. He said the country has committed in COP-21 meeting recently to bring down the carbon footprint, and the way forward is through clean fuel and fuel conservation. He said that Conservation of precious fuel resources has to be a sustained and the Government is committed to generate awareness, educate and inform people about this. Mr Pradhan said that the Government is supporting 100% LPG connected smokeless villages.</span></p>
<p class="Newspara"><span style="font-size: 1em;">The event is organized every year by PCRA (Petroleum Conservation Research Association) and other oil PSUs under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. This year, the Oil & Gas Conservation Fortnight is dedicated to Clean Fuel.</span></p>
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