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  • 1,267,401,849
  • 3,300,000 km2
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Policy - Key Information

Indian Government has given importance to energy efficiency since 1990s. In 2001, Energy Conservation (EC) Act was enacted. The Act provides the legal framework and creates institutional arrangement to exert leadership and provides policy framework and direction to national energy conservation and efficiency efforts and programme through agencies at center (Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)) and states levels (State Designated Agencies (SDAs)). The mission of the BEE has a mandate to assist the development of multisectoral policies and strategies with a thrust on self-regulation and market principles, within the overall framework of the EC Act. The primary objective is to reduce energy intensity of the Indian economy. BEE proposed ambitious targets for the 12th plan period (2012-2017), i.e. 75% of all new starts of commercial buildings shall be Energy Conservation Building Codes (ECBC) compliant by the end of the 12th plan period and 20% of the existing commercial buildings shall reduce their energy consumption through retrofits.

Also for energy efficient appliances various policies have been formulated. These policies focus on providing energy efficient appliances at a price which is almost equivalent to the price of currently available standard appliances in the market. To achieve this various policy instruments like bulk purchasing, providing incentives to manufacturers and encouraging the market competitiveness among various providers have been deployed.

The policy package in India


Title Status Description

Authors

  • Choudhary, Yatin (Lead author)
  • Joshi, Anant (Lead author)
  • Tholen, Lena (Reviewer)
  • Gokarakonda, Sriraj (Reviewer)

References and further reading

Policies in India

The following policies in India can be considered as worldwide good practice examples (GPE):

GPE48
Global Efficiency Medal
Type: Competitions and awards
European Union (EU), United States, Canada, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, India, Australia

Furthermore, bigEE presents here all relevant implemented policies (IP) in India:

IP67
Net Metering Regulations for renewable energy
Type: Other legal requirements
Buildings
IP68
Energy Conservation and Commercialization (ECO) III
Type: International co-operation
Buildings
IP61
Savings Lamp Scheme
Type: Financial Incentives for ULEB and deep retrofits
Buildings
IP66
Bureau of Energy Efficiency & State Designated Agencies
Type: Energy agencies
Buildings
IP64
Energy Conservation Building Code
Type: Regulation
Buildings
IP59
Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme
Type: Financial Incentives for ULEB and deep retrofits
Buildings
IP69
National Mission on Sustainable Habitat
Type: Targets and planning
Buildings
IP78
Standard & Labelling
Type: Minimum energy performance standards
Applicances

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