Act/policy/programme
Integrated Energy Policy (2006)
Energy Conservation Act (2001)
Electricity Act (2003)
Village Energy Security Programme
National Draft Policy Statement on New
and Renewable Energy
National Policy on Bio-fuels
Development of Solar Cities
Energy Conservation Building Code
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
(MNRE) Scheme on Green Buildings
Tariff Policy (2006)
Programme on Biomass Energy and
Co-generation (non-bagasse) inIndustry
National Electricity Policy (2005)
Scheme on Biogas Based Distributed/Grid
Power Generation Programme
Remote Village Electrification Programme
(RVE)
Rajeev Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran
Yojana
Features
Aims at reliably meeting the demand for energy services of all sectors, including the energy needs of
vulnerable households with safe, clean, and convenient energy at the least-cost. This must be done in
a technically efficient, economically viable, and environmentally sustainable manner.
A legal framework towards efficient use of energy and its conservation. The ultimate objective of the
Act is energy security through conservation and efficient use of energy.
Legal framework across various components of the electricity sector.
Provide energy security in villages by meeting energy needs for cooking, electricity, and motive
power through various forms of biomass material based on available biomass conversion
technologies and other renewable energy technologies, where necessary.
An exclusive and comprehensive policy on renewable energy, aiming to raise renewable capacity to
100,000 MW by 2050.
Mainstreaming of biofuels and, therefore, envisioning a central role for it in the energy and
transportation sectors of the country in coming decades.
To promote the use of renewable energy in urban areas by providing support to the municipal
corporations for preparation and implementation of a roadmap to develop their cities as solar cities.
To provide minimum requirements for the energy-efficient designand construction of buildings. This
aims at reducing the baseline energy consumption by supporting adoption and implementation of
efficiency saving and saving in greenhouse gas emission.
Based on the climatic conditions, and in particular the construction of non-air-conditioned buildings,
a national rating system-G