Jaipur: India should have debates on the issue of energy efficiency as it is important to effectively use the available energy, UK's Parliamentary Under Secretary (Energy and Climate Change) Sandip Verma said Tuesday.
Addressing at a session here, Baroness Verma said energy efficiency plays a huge role in United Kingdom and it was about time that there is an energy efficiency debate in India.
Verma was speaking in the interactive session on 'Renewable Energy, Women Empowerment and Entrepreneurship' which was organised by the Jaipur Chapter of FICCI Ladies Organization (FLO).
She also called upon the collective empowerment of women.
In the introductory remarks, British Deputy High Commissioner David Lelliott said that all the talent and innovation should be brought to the table for the fillip to the renewable energy sector.
Talking on energy efficiency, he even questioned the meeting being held in an air-conditioned hall with many lights on the ceiling.
"The meeting could have easily be held in the sunlight in this balmy weather," he said.
The Chairperson of the FLO Jaipur Chapter Apra Kuchhal, other members of the UK Delegation were present in the session.
