Topic: Infrastructure: Energy, Ports, Roads, Airports, Railways etc.
4. Evaluate the role that the Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 can play in ensuring greater use of renewable energy and enforcing penalties on industrial polluters for carbon emissions. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: Down to Earth
Why the question:
The Lok Sabha passed Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2022 August 9, 2022. The bill brings in a list of amendments to the Energy Conservation Act 2001 to promote energy efficiency and conservation.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about the features of Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2022 and its role in promoting renewable energy and penalizing polluters.
Directive Word:
Evaluate – When you are asked to evaluate, you have to pass a sound judgement about the truth of the given statement in the question or the topic based on evidence. You must appraise the worth of the statement in question. There is scope for forming an opinion here.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by giving the aims and objectives of Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2022.
Body:
First, write about the various features of the bill – Mandatory utilisation of non-fossil sources of energy, Carbon market, Energy conservation code for large buildings and Revised penalty provisions by SERCs etc.
Next, write about how the above will ensure the greater use of renewable energy and penalise polluters.
Next, write about the shortcomings of the bill.
Conclusion:
Conclude by writing a way forward.
