Lok Sabha Question No. 1914 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-28
Subject: Conservation of Fuel
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: POONAM  MAHAJAN

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1914 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th  NOVEMBER 2016

## CONSERVATION OF FUEL

## 1914. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

## पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state :

- (a)  the  details  of  initiatives  adopted  by  Petroleum  Conservation  Research  Association  (PCRA)  in regard to the conservation of fuel in the country and if so, the details thereof and the achievements therefrom;
- (b) the number of industrial units across the country which have reached their designated targets of energy consumption under the Cycle-1 of Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme, State/UTwise;
- (c) the number of industrial units added to the above list during the last year, State/ UT-wise; and
- (d) whether all sectors in the industry are audited by PCRA under PAT scheme and if so, the details thereof along with the sectors added there recently?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( स्विंत्र प्रभार ) ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a)  Petroleum  Conservation  Research  Association  (PCRA)  adopts  a  number  of  initiatives  for conservation of fuel in the country.  Some of the initiatives adopted by PCRA are as under :-
- (i) Agricultural Workshops,
- (ii) Kisan Mela
- (iii) Driving training programme
- (iv) Transport workshop
- (v) Model Project Depot
- (vi) Workshops for housewives and youths
- (vii)Oil & Gas Conservation Fortnight(OGCF)
- (viii) Education Campaign
- (ix) Research & Development (R&D)
- (x) Standard & Labelling programme
- (xi) Different activities in Industries Sector

The achievements of PCRA are as under:-

- i. During 2015-16, PCRA conducted /participated in over 1000 Agricultural Workshops/Kisan Melas.
- ii. During  2015-16,  PCRA  conducted  2096  Driving  Training  Programmes,  1440  Transport Workshops  and  studied  37  Model  Project  Depots.  PCRA  also  conducted  1437  Domestic Workshops and 2230 Youth Programmes.
- iii. PCRA  sponsored  more  than  130  projects  out  of  which  about  124  R&D  projects  were completed in the last 15 years .
4. (b)  The  estimated  numbers  of  industrial  units  across  the  country  which  have  reached  their designated targets of energy consumption under the cycle-I of Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme are 308. The State/UT- wise segregation of industrial units is at Annexure-I .
5. (c)  Total  173  industrial  units    were  added  in  the  PAT  scheme  after  notification  in  March  2016. State/UT-wise details of industrial units added in PAT scheme (PAT Cycle-II)  are at Annexure-II .

(d)  All  sectors  under  PAT  cycle-1  were  not  audited  by  PCRA.  The  designated  consumers  in  the sectors of Thermal Power Plants, Textiles, Iron and Steel Sector and Chlor Alkali were audited by PCRA.

## Annexure-I

Annexure to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Parliament Question No. 1914 to be answered on 28.11.2016 asked by Smt. Poonam Mahajan.

State Wise number of industrial units which have reached their designated targets of energy consumption under the cycle-I of Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT)scheme

| S.No   | State/UT         |   Total Industrial Units (estimated) |
|--------|------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh   |                                   23 |
| 2      | Assam            |                                    3 |
| 3      | Bihar            |                                    0 |
| 4      | Chhattisgarh     |                                   26 |
| 5      | Delhi            |                                    2 |
| 6      | Goa              |                                    4 |
| 7      | Gujarat          |                                   37 |
| 8      | Haryana          |                                    6 |
| 9      | Himachal Pradesh |                                    7 |
| 10     | Jharkhand        |                                    7 |
| 11     | Karnataka        |                                   12 |
| 12     | Kerala           |                                    4 |
| 13     | Madhya Pradesh   |                                   16 |
| 14     | Maharashtra      |                                   32 |
| 15     | Meghalya         |                                    2 |
| 16     | Odisha           |                                   19 |
| 17     | Puducherry       |                                    1 |
| 18     | Punjab           |                                   17 |
| 19     | Rajasthan        |                                   39 |
| 20     | Tamil Nadu       |                                   20 |
| 21     | Telangana        |                                    2 |
| 22     | Tripura          |                                    0 |
| 23     | Uttar Pradesh    |                                   20 |
| 24     | Uttarakhand      |                                    1 |
| 25     | West Bengal      |                                    8 |
|        | Total            |                                  308 |

| New Designated Consumers included in FY 2016-17 under PAT Cycle-II   | New Designated Consumers included in FY 2016-17 under PAT Cycle-II   | New Designated Consumers included in FY 2016-17 under PAT Cycle-II   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No                                                                 | State/UT                                                             | Total Industrial Units                                               |
| 1                                                                    | Andhra Pradesh                                                       | 11                                                                   |
| 2                                                                    | Assam                                                                | 4                                                                    |
| 3                                                                    | Bihar                                                                | 4                                                                    |
| 4                                                                    | Chhattisgarh                                                         | 6                                                                    |
| 5                                                                    | Delhi                                                                | 3                                                                    |
| 6                                                                    | Goa                                                                  | 1                                                                    |
| 7                                                                    | Gujarat                                                              | 18                                                                   |
| 8                                                                    | Haryana                                                              | 6                                                                    |
| 9                                                                    | Himachal Pradesh                                                     | 5                                                                    |
| 10                                                                   | Jammu & Kashmir                                                      | 1                                                                    |
| 11                                                                   | Jharkhand                                                            | 3                                                                    |
| 12                                                                   | Karnataka                                                            | 11                                                                   |
| 13                                                                   | Kerala                                                               | 2                                                                    |
| 14                                                                   | Madhya Pradesh                                                       | 9                                                                    |
| 15                                                                   | Maharashtra                                                          | 12                                                                   |
| 16                                                                   | Meghalaya                                                            | 1                                                                    |
| 17                                                                   | Odisha                                                               | 10                                                                   |
| 18                                                                   | Puducherry                                                           | 0                                                                    |
| 19                                                                   | Punjab                                                               | 11                                                                   |
| 20                                                                   | Rajasthan                                                            | 11                                                                   |
| 21                                                                   | Tamil Nadu                                                           | 11                                                                   |
| 22                                                                   | Telangana                                                            | 6                                                                    |
| 23                                                                   | Uttar Pradesh                                                        | 20                                                                   |
| 24                                                                   | Uttarakhand                                                          | 1                                                                    |
| 25                                                                   | West Bengal                                                          | 6                                                                    |
|                                                                      | Total                                                                | 173                                                                  |

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