• Union Minister for Power, New & Renewable Energy Shri R.K Singh inaugurated India’s first public Electric Vehicle (EV) charging plaza at Chelmsford Club in New Delhi. 
• The move is focused on enhancing energy efficiency and promoting e-mobility. 
• The Minister also launched Retrofit of Air-conditioning to improve Indoor Air Quality for Safety and Efficiency (RAISE). The two initiatives focus on energy efficiency, promoting e-mobility, and improving indoor air quality.

Charging plaza:

• EESL, in collaboration with New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), has established India’s first of its kind public EV Charging Plaza in Central Delhi. 
• The plaza will host 5 EV Chargers of different specifications.
• The charging plaza is compatible with a wide range of EVs. It will greatly spur e-mobility adoption. 
• The charging plaza is expected to make EV charging hassle-free and convenient for the consumers, thereby making e-mobility adoption an attractive proposition.

RAISE:

• RAISE (Retrofit of Air-conditioning to improve Indoor Air Quality for Safety and Efficiency) is a joint initiative of Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) MAITREE programme. 
• The project focuses on improving indoor air quality (IAQ), thermal comfort, and energy efficiency (EE) in the EESL office’s air conditioning system.
• The pilot project showed about 80% improvement in Air Quality parameters with almost no implementation hassles.