Renewable energy day

Contact Counsellor

Last Updated20/08/2021

National Akshaya Urja Diwas is celebrated every year on August 20 to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister, late Rajiv Gandhi.
This effective mass awareness campaign about renewable energy was first observed on August 20, 2004, by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy all across the country.
In his tenure of five years from 1984 to 1989, Rajiv gandhi made some revolutionary policies to lay the foundation of modern India.

The day serves as an awareness campaign aimed at enlightening the masses about the benefits of renewable energy resources in their lives as well as that of our blue planet.
The campaign primarily targets schools and colleges and raise awareness among the young generation of the country as they hold the key to the future.
Various events like quiz competitions, drawing competitions, debates, cultural programmes, rallies with posters and banners, and slogan-writing are organized by school administrations in various parts of the country.

Late Rajiv is known as the architect of digital India as well as the ‘Father of Information Technology and Telecom Revolution of India.’
His one of the revolutionary steps was establishing Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) in August 1984 to meet the needs of the Indian telecommunication network.
The C-DOT revolutionised the communication network in urban as well as rural areas.
The revolutionary PCO (public call office) was introduced to connect the remote areas.

The late prime minister promoted science and technology along with other associated industries.
He reduced import quotas, taxes and tariffs on industries, like computers, airlines, defence and telecommunications.
The Indian Railways was modernised by introducing computerised railway tickets.

He is credited for laying the foundation of Panchayati Raj institutions in order to establish democracy at the grassroots level.
Though PRI was created by the 73rd and the 74th Amendments to the Constitution in 1992, a year after Rajiv was assassinated, the foundation was led by him.

NPE was introduced by Rajiv in 1986 with an aim to modernise and expand the higher education programmes across the country.
Residential schools like Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas was established under the NPE to provide free residential education from grades six to twelve to the rural population.