Lok Sabha Question No. 3211 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: LED Street Lights in Gram Panchayats
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, P.R. SUNDARAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3211 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2017

## LED STREET LIGHTS IN GRAM PANCHAYATS

3211. SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN: SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is implementing any scheme to promote the use of LED lights in place of conventional street lights in gram panchayats;
- (b) if so, objectives and details of the scheme;
- (c) the difficulties/challenges being faced by the Government in the implementation of the scheme;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to overcome such difficulties;
- (e) whether  there  is  any  improvement  in  the  related  indices  after  the implementation of the scheme, if so, the details thereof including the State-wise distribution of the related indices; and
- (f) whether the Government is undertaking any other policies for promoting the retrofitting of conventional street lights with LED lights in gram panchayats, if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, COAL, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) & (b) : The  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister,  on  5 th   January  2015,  launched  Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) to replace conventional street lights with smart and energy efficient LED street lights by March 2019. The programme is being implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture company  of  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (PSUs),  under  Ministry  of  Power.  554 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) have been enrolled by EESL for implementation of SLNP.

.........2.

Based on the experience gained in implementation of SLNP, EESL has entered into a Tripartite Agreement with Department of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Government of Andhra Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh State Energy  Efficiency  Development  Corporation  to  replace  10  lakh  conventional street lights with LED street lights in Gram Panchayats of 7 districts (Guntur, Andhra

Prakasam, Nellore, Kurnool, Kadapa, Anantapur and Chittoor) in Pradesh.

The  objectives  of  the  scheme  are  to  promote  the  use  of  efficient lighting  in  rural  areas  to  reduce  energy  consumption  and  to  improve  security and safety with better lighting.

(c) & (d) : No significant difficulties/challenges are being faced in implementation of SLNP.

(e) : The  replacement  of  10  lakh  conventional  street  lights  with  LED street lights in Gram Panchayats of 7 districts in Andhra Pradesh will result in an estimated energy savings of 147 million units and reduction in Green House Gas (GHG) emission of 120 million tonnes of CO2.

(f) : Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India has requested the States  to  issue  instructions  to  make  LED  based  lighting  mandatory  in  the buildings of Gram Panchayats and affiliated offices and all community lighting projects funded by Government /Panchayats.

Further, the Ministry of Power  has also requested all State Governments as well as all Ministries/Departments of the Central Government to issue  necessary  instructions  to  make  the  installation  of  LED  based  lighting mandatory  in  all  Government  buildings  as  well  as  in  all  community  lighting projects funded by the Government.

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