Under the government’s energy efficiency programme, 210 million LED bulbs were distributed in the country which resulted in saving of Rs 110 billion for the consumers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
According to PTI, replying to a debate on Motion of Thanks to President’s Address, he said his government had reduced the prices of LED bulbs, which were hovering over Rs 350 earlier, to ensure affordability of these less energy-consuming units.
State-run Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), implementing the UJALA scheme for distributing LED bulbs to consumer, has reduced the procurement price of these lights to Rs 38 per unit.
The Prime Minister said that the government has distributed 210 million LED bulbs and due to this power bills have been reduced and Rs 110 billion was saved.
According to the UJALA dashboard providing real time information on the scheme, as many as 207 million LEDs have been distributed so far which have the potential to save Rs 107.56 billion every year.
It states that these 207 million LED lights can reduce 21.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions every year and 26.89 billion units of electricity per annum.
Besides, the portal also provides information that LED Industry has sold 263 million LEDs till December 31, 2016.
Under Domestic Efficiency Lighting Programme, the government wants to replace all the 770 million incandescent bulbs sold in India with LED bulbs. This will result in reduction of 20,000 MW load, energy savings of 105 billion KWh and Green House Gas (GHG) emissions savings of 80 million tonnes every year.
The annual saving in electricity bills will be Rs 400 billion, considering an average tariff of Rs 4 per kWh.
