Vidyut PRAVAH App will empower common people to demand 24x7power
Q. Which mobile app was launched by Ministry for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy to highlight the power availability in the country on real time basis?- Published on 01 Apr 16a. VIDYUT NIYANTRAN
b. VIDYUT NIGAM
c. VIDYUT KSHAMTA
d. VIDYUT PRAVAH
ANSWER: VIDYUT PRAVAH
- Ministry for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy launched a mobile application ‘Vidyut PRAVAH- Electricity, Price Availability and Highlights’”.
- The mobile application provides highlights of the power availability in the country on real time basis.
- The Vidyut PRAVAH mobile application will provide date pertaining to market price of power from power exchange, value of current all India demand in GW and all India and State shortage including peak hour and total energy shortage.
- An all India Power map will showcase surplus power available at power exchange in current block, average market clearing price, current and previous day demand met at national level and previous day Peak hour Demand Shortage and Energy shortage etc. The State specific page will show the similar information of selected state.
- The Web / Mobile App provides a wealth of information pertaining to the current demand met, shortages if any, surplus power available and the prices in the Power Exchange.
- The real time data and comparison with previous day/year data is also available. Data from multiple sources, including the States and Power Exchanges, has been made available through a single portal for convenience of all.
- A user friendly interface, based on the Geographical map of India, facilitates all the consumers /stakeholders in visualization of the power availability and prices at the overall country level and at States/UTs level.
- The information disseminated through the Application will empower the consumer, thereby leading all the stakeholders to be more responsive and efficient, bringing more economy to the country.
- The Web application can be accessed through ‘vidyutpravah.in’. The mobile version will be freely available for download from the Playstore for both Android and iPhones