Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) unveiled its patented indigenous solar cook top called Surya Nutan.
Surya Nutan has been developed by Faridabad R&D centre of the oil refiner (IOC).
The solar cook top will aid in reducing CO2emissions of India drastically and keep its citizens insulated from high international fossil fuel prices.
It is a rechargeable, stationary, and kitchen-connected indoor solar cooking system.
The system offers an online cooking mode while charging.
Currently, the pilot projects are being held across 60 places like Leh (Ladakh), in order to ascertain several operational and commercial aspects associated with its application.
Initial cost of the solar cooktop was Rs 12,000 for base model while Rs 23,000 for the top model. However, this cost is likely to reduce substantially with economies of scale.
SATAT Scheme stands for Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) scheme. It has four objectives:
To utilise over 62 million metric tonnes of waste generated per year in India
To cut down import dependence
To supplement job creation India.
To reduce vehicular emissions and pollution from burning of organic waste or agricultural waste.
Vivatech 2020, “Europe’s biggest startup conference, recognized India as the country of the year.It is a huge honor for India to be named “country of the year” in Vivatech 2020. It is because of the contribution of Indian startups to the world. This is the Indian startups’ recognition.
Around 65 startups from India are taking part in Vivatech 2022 with government support.