Mobile app Tarang launched by Government of India
Q. Which mobile app has been launched by the Ministry for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines on 17th August 2016?- Published on 22 Aug 16a. TARANG
b. E-trans
c. DEEP
d. None of the above
ANSWER: TARANG
Union Minister of State (independent charge) for power, coal, new and renewable energy and mines Piyush Goyal on 17th August 2016 launched the TARANG mobile app and two web portals- e-Trans and DEEP e-bidding.
- They were developed by Rural Electrification Corporation Transmission Projects Company Ltd, a subsidiary of REC Ltd
- Initiatives were launched keeping in line with the Digital India initiative to promote transparency in the power sector.
- TARANG stands for Transmission App for Real Time Monitoring and Growth.
- It can also be utilised to monitor progress between and within states for transmission systems.
- It helps the stakeholders- Ministry of Power, State Governments, all private sector transmission developers and PSUs like PGCIL for expeditious completion of projects.
- Green Energy Corridors, a vital component of the renewable energy mission would also be monitored through TARANG to help meet ambitious targets in same on time.
- This will improve ease, accountability and transparency and would boost confidence of investors in power transmission sector.
- Better price discovery will benefit Indian power consumers.
- E-trans was a site that was developed through the Regulated tariff mechanism and the Tariff Based Competitive Bidding Route.
- It is a web platform for e-bidding and e-reverse auction for Tariff Based Competitive Bidding in transmission projects.
- Till date, transmission sector providers have been participating in transmission bids through manual mode.
- With e-trans, the interface will be electronic and on the lines of the coal sector, reverse auction is being launched in the transmission sector to facilitate better price discovery in transmission projects.
