Economic Survey calls for coordinating body for resource efficiency

To push the agenda for resource efficiency, the Survey has asked for the formulation of a national policy on the same

Shifting focus on sustainable development and infrastructure creation, the Economic Survey this year called for resource optimisation and energy efficiency. 

The Survey has suggested that India, like several countries such as the United Kingdom and Iceland, should invest in resource efficiency through recycling, reusing, minimising consumption and reducing wastage. 

In its first stint, the BJP-led central government had initiated and rechristened several schemes for energy access, notably Saubhagya for household electrification and Ujjwala for free LPG connections. Around 71.8 million LPG connections have been provided under the Ujjwala scheme and 99 per cent households were electrified under Saubhagya till April 2019. 

The Survey