Lok Sabha Question No. 157 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Street Lighting National Programme
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: OM BIRLA, CHANDU LAL SAHU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.157 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2017

## STREET LIGHTING NATIONAL PROGRAMME

157.   SHRI OM BIRLA: SHRI CHANDU LAL SAHU:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  UJALA  and  Street  Lighting  National  Programme  (SLNP) schemes are implemented as a part of rural electrification project and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  details  of  SC&ST  households  who  were  benefitted  under  the electrification  project  especially  in  Chhattisgarh  and  Rajasthan,  Statewise; and
- (c) the  details  of  development  programmes  launched  by  the  Union Government in power sector for Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a)  : No,  Madam.      However,  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  of  India launched the National LED programme on 5th January, 2015 called Unnat Jyoti  by  Affordable  LEDs  for  All  (UJALA)  and  Street  Lighting  National Programme  (SLNP),  which  is  being  implemented  by  Energy  Efficiency Services  Limited  (EESL),  a  joint  venture  company  of  four  Public  Sector Undertakings  (PSUs)  under  Ministry  of  Power.  The  UJALA  programme covers the beneficiaries both from urban and rural areas, whereas SLNP is being  implemented  only  in  urban  local  bodies.  EESL  has  developed  an innovative  business  model  in  which  the  entire  investment  in  these programmes is made by EESL and the investment is paid back over a time from energy savings. There is no element of Government of India subsidy in the scheme.

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(b) : As  on  31.12.2016,  free  electricity  connections  to  2.53  crore Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  households  including  SC/ST  households  have been released under Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY).

(c) : The  details  of  development  programmes  launched  in  power sector for Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan are as follows:-

- (i) Under    DDUGJY,  for  the  states  of  Chhattisgarh  and    Rajasthan, projects  with total cost of  Rs.1522.77 crore  and Rs.2819.37 crore respectively have been  sanctioned  for  various  rural electrification works.
- (ii) Under National Electricity Fund (NEF) - Interest Subsidy Scheme, six projects  from  Chhattisgarh  with  total  loan  eligible    amount  of  Rs. 406.37 crore and 59 projects from Rajasthan with total loan eligible amount of Rs.2154.36 have been covered.
- (iv) Under  Integrated  Power  Development  Scheme  (IPDS)  including Restructured Accelerated Power Development & Reforms Programme (RAPDRP) subsumed, Projects worth Rs. 1365.26 crore and                              Rs.  3422.78  crore  have  been  sanctioned  for Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan respectively.  Further,  Rs. 255.48 crore and  Rs.  541.54  crore  have  been  released    to  Chhattisgarh  and Rajasthan respectively.
- (iv) For Strengthening Institutional Capacity of State Designated Agency's  (SDAs),  financial  assistance  of  Rs  4.435  crores  and  Rs 3.834  crores  has  been  disbursed  to  SDAs  of  Chhattisgarh  and Rajasthan respectively during the period 2012-13 to 2016-17.
- (v) Under  the  Contribution  to  State  Energy  Conservation  Fund  (SECF) scheme, Rs. 4.00 crores each have been sanctioned to Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
- (vi) Government of Rajasthan has notified Energy Conservation Building Codes  (ECBC)  as  per  the  local  climatic  conditions  along  with  its incorporation in municipal bye-laws.
- (vii) Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture company of four Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under Ministry of Power is implementing  Unnat  Jyoti  by  Affordable  LEDs  for  All  (UJALA) programme  in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.  As on 25/01/2017, over 1.2  crores  and  64  crores  LED  bulbs    have  been  distributed  in Rajasthan    and  Chhattisgarh  respectively.    Under  Street  Lighting National  Programme  (SLNP)  over  5.9  lakh  LED  street  lights  have been installed by EESL in Rajasthan.

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