Lok Sabha Question No. 4642 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-30
Subject: UJALA Scheme
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: RATTAN LAL KATARIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4642 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2017

## UJALA SCHEME

†4642.  SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has set target to change more than 77 crore traditional/incandescent bulbs by the year 2019 under UJALA scheme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  number  of  LED  bulbs  likely  to  be  distributed  by  31st  December, 2017, State/UT-wise;

(d) the details of savings in rupees likely to be made in electricity bills with implementation of the said scheme; and

- (e) the  details  of  per  day  savings  in  rupees  being  made  under  UJALA scheme?

## 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): Yes, Madam. The National LED programme, called Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) has been launched on 5 th  January 2015, which is  being  implemented  by  Energy  Efficiency  Services  Limited  (EESL),  a  joint venture company of four Public Sector Undertakings of Ministry of Power to provide LED bulbs to domestic consumers with a target to replace 77 crore incandescent  bulbs  with  LED  bulbs  by  March,  2019.  In  addition  to  EESL, several other suppliers are also engaged in the distribution of LED bulbs.

(c) : The State/UT-wise of LED bulbs likely to be distributed by EESL by 31st    December, 2017 is at Annex.

(d) to (e): The  distribution  of  77  crore  LED  bulbs  will  result  in  estimated cost savings of Rs.40,000 crore per year. As on 22.03.2017, over 22.01 crore LED bulbs have been distributed by EESL under UJALA scheme, resulting in estimated cost savings of Rs.31.3 crore per day.

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## ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4642 TO BE ANSWERED IN THE LOK SABHA ON 30.03.2017.

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## LED bulbs likely to be distributed by EESL under UJALA Scheme State/UTwise by 31st December 2017

| Sl. No. State /UTs      | No. of LED bulbs (in Lakhs)   |
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1 Jammu & Kashmir       | 129                           |
| 2 Himachal Pradesh      | 113                           |
| 3 Uttarakhand           | 47                            |
| 4 Punjab                | 61                            |
| 5 Haryana               | 139                           |
| 6 Delhi                 | 134                           |
| 7 Rajasthan             | 182                           |
| 8 Madhya Pradesh        | 180                           |
| 9 Gujarat               | 415                           |
| 10 Daman & Dui          | 2                             |
| 11 Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 2                             |
| 12 Maharashtra          | 289                           |
| 13 Telangana            | 78                            |
| 14 Goa                  | 8                             |
| 15 Karnataka            | 215                           |
| 16 Lakshadweep          | 1                             |
| 17 Kerala               | 100                           |
| 18 Uttar Pradesh        | 240                           |
| 19 Bihar                | 195                           |
| 20 West Bengal          | 120                           |
| 21 Sikkim               | 8                             |
| 22 Meghalaya            | 8                             |
| 23 Assam                | 14                            |
| 24 Nagaland             | 8                             |
| 25 Tripura              | 9                             |
| 26 Jharkhand            | 105                           |
| 27 Mizoram              | 9                             |
| 28 Chhattisgarh         | 130                           |
| 29 Odisha               | 175                           |
| 30 Andhra Pradesh       | 241                           |
| 31 Andaman & Nicobar    | 4                             |
| 32 Puducherry           | 6                             |
| 33 Tamil Nadu           | 1                             |
| Total                   | 3,365                         |

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