In which year the Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (DNES), under the Ministry of Energy, was upgraded into a separate Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (MNES)?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → 1992
The Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources was set up in 1982 under the Ministry of Energy. In 1992 it became a separate Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, and in 2006 this ministry was renamed the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), the name it has today.