Power Ministry Earns Rs 15.74 Crore in Special Campaign 6

The Ministry of Power has brought Special Campaign 6 to a close. The drive for disposal of pending matters and for cleanliness in government offices was run from 2 to 31 October 2026, and covered the ministry along with the central public sector enterprises and other organisations working under it. Results were made public on 9 November 2026.

What the Power Ministry reported

The ministry held 342 cleanliness drives at its various locations, which released 2,51,757 square feet of office space. Selling off scrap material and electronic waste brought in 15,74,20,231 rupees, that is about 15.74 crore rupees.

• Of 26,885 physical files taken up for review, 13,282 were weeded out under the record management rules.
• Among 34,572 electronic files reviewed, 34,525 were closed.
• The ministry settled 1589 public grievances and 86 grievance appeals, in both cases above the target given to it.
• On references, the ministry closed 33 of 46 from Members of Parliament, 3 of 4 inter-ministerial ones, all 7 from the Prime Minister's Office and 4 of 11 from State Governments.
• E-waste was segregated and sent for disposal as laid down in the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022, which was the theme chosen for this edition.

Two other ministries also reported

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy announced the close of its own implementation phase of the campaign, run over the same dates across the ministry, its attached organisations, autonomous bodies and public sector undertakings, with stress on identifying and segregating electronic waste and on using office space better.

The Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare worked the campaign in two phases, a preparatory phase from 16 to 30 September and the implementation phase in October, and observed 21 October 2026 as its dedicated day for an intensive nationwide drive.

Figures at a glance

The agriculture department also planted more than 2,000 saplings, disposed of 3,733 e-waste articles against a target of 3,298, and put out 645 social media posts on the campaign. Its secretary inspected a rooftop solar facility of 84 kW capacity at the National Seeds Corporation in New Delhi, where models built from discarded circuit boards and scrap machinery were put on display under a waste to wealth theme.