India to become members of IEA-OES
Q. India became member of IEA-OES. IEA-OES works in sector of -- Published on 15 Jan 16a. Nuclear energy
b. International peace
c. Anti-Piracy
d. Alternate energy
ANSWER: Alternate energy
- The IEA is an inter-governmental organization with a broad role of promoting alternate energy sources (including renewable energy), rational energy policies and multinational energy technology cooperation and acts as energy policy advisor to 29 member countries.
- The OES, launched in 2001, is an intergovernmental collaboration between countries, which operates under framework established by the International Energy Agency.
- This initiative is to advance research, development and demonstration of technologies to harness energy from all forms of ocean renewable resources, as well as for other uses, such as desalination etc. through international cooperation and information exchange.
- India became a member country of the International Energy Agency - Ocean Energy Systems (IEA-OES) by signing the Implementing Agreement (IA).
- The nodal agency for the membership would be Earth System Science Organization - National Institute of Ocean Technology (ESSO-NIOT) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
