The government is aiming to harness electricity for cooking in a big way as it will provide the poor strata of the society a cheaper option and move the nation towards self-reliance, said Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, New and Renewable Energy, R.K.Singh. He further elaborated on ” The Central Government has planned a Power Foundation to further promote electricity as a cheaper alternative for various activities including cooking and to completely run on electricity, which will allow our economy to be self-reliant and give us independence from imports. This move will help the poor strata of the society by giving them access to cheaper medium of cooking,” Singh further elaborated and rolled out the vision for the power sector. The minister added that the delivery of various other pro poor measures like PM Awas Yojna and Har Ghar Bijlee, were accelerated during the lockdown by PM Narendra Modi.
“In the past years, work done by NTPC has been acknowledged across the country. NTPC Family is recognised for its professionalism and efficiency and have set an example for not just the state of Bihar but also for the country. Questions have always been raised on the performance of PSUs, but looking at the performance of NTPC and other Power PSUs, it is clear that they are even better than the private players and have consistently made progress and profit. I thank NTPC for being a partner in the progress for the state of Bihar as well as other states towards nation building.”
R.K. Singh further said, “The expansion of NTPC will continue and it will keep setting benchmarks in professionalism, efficiency and being an ideal employer, professionalism and efficiency.”
While inaugurating NTPC facilities in Bihar, he lauded tthat the work done by NTPC for ensuring round the clock power supply during the lockdown. He added that fixed charges for DISCOMs were deferred and a rebate on cost was also given to states by India’s largest power producer during the lockdown period.
R.K. Singh further said, “The expansion of NTPC will continue and it will keep setting benchmarks in professionalism, efficiency and being an ideal employer professionalism .NTPC is taking every possible step to shift towards electricity based cooking and we are confident of replicating it across the nation.” He further said.
