Multiple choice

Which of the following is celebrated on 29th August every year to create awareness about the use of renewable energy in India?

  1. Naveekarniya Urja Diwas

  2. Akshay Urja Diwas

  3. Harit Urja Diwas

  4. Harit Vidyut Diwas
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Explanation

Akshay Urja Diwas is an awareness campaign about the developments of renewal energy in India, celebrated on August 20 every year since 2004. The Indian Ministry for Non Conventional Energy Sources initiated Akshay Urja Day (Diwas) in 2004. The first function was organised at New Delhi in 2004 and 2005 followed repeated in Nagpur in 2006 and at Hyderabad in 2007 and Panchkula, Haryana in 2008. This day commemorate the birth of former Prime Minister, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi.

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