PCRA (Petroleum Conservation Research Association)
Government of India responded to the World Oil crisis in the year 1973 and a step towards it, they have given high importance to conservation and efficient utilization of Petroleum products in India. Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India constituted an action group named “Petroleum Conservation Action Group” in 1976 to take the measures towards conservation and efficient utilization of these scarce products. Subsequently, PCAG was reconstituted as “Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA)” as a registered society under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India on 10th PCRA, since its inception, is engaged in promoting fuel conservation and its efficient utilization in major sectors of economy namely Agriculture, Transport, Domestic, Industry and Commercial through its various mass awareness activities, field activities, sponsoring R&D projects, etc. It helps the government in proposing policies and strategies for petroleum conservation, aimed at reducing excessive dependence of the country on oil requirement. Over the years, PCRA has enlarged its role in improving productivity in use of various sources of energy, for the purpose of achieving environment protection and sustainable development.
To achieve its objectives, PCRA has a strong network throughout the country. The Registered Office of PCRA is located in New Delhi. In Addition to this, PCRA has 4 Regional Offices at Metro cities and 16 Sub-Regional Offices in major cities of the country.
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