Karnal, July 16 -- Union minister of power, housing and urban affairs Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday launched Assistance for Deployment of Energy Efficient Technologies in Industrial Establishments (ADEETIE), a national scheme aiming to promote industrial energy efficiency, at an event in Panipat.

While launching the scheme at the auditorium of Arya PG College, the Union minister addressed the entrepreneurs and MSME representatives and said that this scheme with a budgetary provision of Rs.1,000 crore is an initiative of the Ministry of Power, Government of India, which is being implemented by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE).

This scheme will encourage MSMEs for energy efficiency projects through comprehensive financial and techni...