President Droupadi Murmu presenting Nationwide Conservation Award-2022 to Andhra Pradesh’s Particular Chief Secretary (Vitality) Ok. Vijayanand and APSECM Chief Government Officer A. Chandrasekhar Reddy in New Delhi on Wednesday.

The Andhra Pradesh State Vitality Conservation Mission (APSECM) has bagged the highest place within the Nationwide Vitality Conservation Awards within the State Designated Company (SDA) sector, abandoning Telangana, Kerala, New Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Jharkhand, Bihar and others (in Group II).

President Droupadi Murmu offered the Nationwide Vitality Conservation Award- 2022 to Particular Chief Secretary to Authorities (Vitality) Ok. Vijayanand and APSECM Chief Government Officer A. Chandra Sekhara Reddy in New Delhi on the event of Nationwide Vitality Conservation Day on Wednesday.

A launch stated that the APSECM bagged 5 nationwide awards in vitality conservation in the previous few years. Andhra Pradesh was not solely chosen as one of the best performer in Group II but in addition completed second total on the nationwide stage amongst all States categorised into 4 teams, Mr. Chandrasekhar Reddy stated.

“The APSECM, other than saving financial sources by conserving vitality on a big scale, has been lowering the carbon footprint, aiding India’s local weather change targets and, thereby, bringing laurels to Andhra Pradesh on the nationwide stage,” he stated.

He defined that the Bureau of Vitality Effectivity (BEE) has divided the States into 4 teams based mostly on their respective vitality consumption, and Andhra Pradesh is assessed as a Group-II State with whole closing vitality consumption (TFEC) within the vary of 5 to fifteen million tonnes of oil equal (Mtoe).

Remarkably, in SEEI 2022, the State obtained 77.5 factors and improved by 53% in comparison with its SEEI 2020 rating of fifty.5, he added.

Mr. Vijayanand stated the help prolonged by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and Vitality Minister P. Ramachandra Reddy in the direction of vitality effectivity and stakeholder / client help have been the important thing drivers in reaching the nationwide award.