Conference on power, renewable energy begins in Goa tomorrow

Implementation of various ongoing schemes of the government and issues pertaining to power, coal and renewable energy sectors will come up for discussion at a two-day conference beginning here tomorrow.
Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of State for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy, will inaugurate the meet at Cavelossim village, South Goa, an official release said here today.
"The aim of this conference is to review the implementation of various ongoing schemes, programmes and discuss a host of issues pertaining to power, coal and renewable energy sectors," the release said.
"The Ministers and Secretaries of the states and Union Territories and senior officials of power, coal and renewable energy PSUs will meet to discuss issues like implementation of Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY), 24x7 power for all and rural electrification programme," it added.

Discussions will also be held on formulation of broad aspects of hydropower policy. In the coal sector, deliberations will be held on coal swapping, the release said.
Adoption of energy conservation building codes by states and energy efficient agricultural pumps will also be discussed.