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Recommendations of Advisory board on energy (1984)

Auteur	Adv. Board Government of India
Datum	1984
Classificatie	4.03.0.00/02 (INDIA - ALGEMEEN)
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FOREWORD

It was a decade ago that we, along with other oil importing countries, felt the first 
major shock in ·the world oil market. The years that followed witnessed concerted 
and determined action on the part of the Government to step up exploration for and 
production of oil, coal and other forms of energy on the one hand, and promote 
conservation and efficiency in the use of these resources on the other. Major 
organisational changes were brought about in the energy sector for providing an 
overall direction to our energy policy by setting up a full-fledged Ministry of Energy 
with the departments of Coal and Power, for the first time in 1974. The Ministry of 
Energy was expanded in 1982 to bring under its fold the departments of Petroleum 
and Non-conventional Energy Sources.

2. Despite the commendable progress made by the country in the energy sector
during the last few years, there are important aspects that continue to cause anxiety 
to energy planners and administrators. In the process of development and in 
improving the quality of life of our people, the need for energy is perforce 
increasing year after year. The task of meeting the growing energy needs of 
society at a reasonable cost is a challenging one.

3. The fossil sources of energy that have steadily been replacing the traditional
baseof biomass over the years are finite and non-replenishable and the value that 
can be derived from these sources in the long run will depend upon the extent to 
which we can manage their utilisation judiciously. We should remember that 
these natural resources have taken about 350 million years to accumulate and the 
generations to come also have a claim on these assets. The sharing of this precious 
heritage with posterity may not be possible, however, if the unplanned use of these 
resources continues unabated. It is not fossil fuels alone which are being used up 
at a last pace.

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