TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ The union government has said energy major ONGC will fund and encourage startups to carry out research and innovation for development of advance electric household stoves which can be powered using solar power.
According to Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, funds from the “ONGC StartUp Program” will be used to make the idea of solar-powered electric stove a reality.
“The Prime Minister has challenged the entier energy sector… (the challange) is to develop common electric household stoves that can be powered by solar energy,” Pradhan said. “For the development of this…startup fund from the energy sector will be used for research, inovation and development of business models by startups.”
“Every household in our country can have electric stoves run on solar energy and startups should come forward to make this imagination a reality,” Pradhan said. Pradhan was speaking on the sidelines of an event held here to launch Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana or Saubhagya by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
