GK
IMPORTANT ACTS OF THE PARLIAMENT OF INDIA
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2001
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2002
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2003
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Detailed explanation-1: -An Act to provide for efficient use of energy and its conservation and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. 1. Short title, extent and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Energy Conservation Act, 2001.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Act empowers the government to specify energy consumption norms for equipment or appliances. The government can also prohibit the manufacture, sale, purchase or import of notified equipment unless they conform to such norms. However, this prohibition can only be issued two years after the norms have been specified.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was instituted by the Parliament in the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India and was enacted on 29th September 2001 but came into practice from 1st march, 2002. This act resulted in the formation of the Bureau of energy efficiency which came into effect from 2002.