Lok Sabha Question No. 1677 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-28
Subject: Street Lighting National Programme
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Kumbakudi Sudhakaran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1677 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.11.2019

## STREET LIGHTING NATIONAL PROGRAMME

1677. SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  fixed  a  new  deadline  to  address  the  missed target  of  Street  Lighting  National  Programme  (SLNP)  of  replacing  1.34  crore conventional lights;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to expedite the implementation of SLNP;
- (d) whether  funds  have  been  released  to  Energy  Efficiency  Services  Limited (EESL), the PSU for extending the SLNP to North Eastern States; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

( SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) :    Hon'ble  Prime  Minister,  on  5 th   January  2015,  launched  Street  Lighting National Programme (SLNP) which aimed to replace 1.34 crore conventional street lights with smart and energy efficient LED street lights by March 2019. SLNP is being implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), joint venture company of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) under the Ministry of Power. This programme is voluntary  in  nature  and  implementation  is  based  on  signing  of  implementation agreement by Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of States/Union Territories (UTs) with EESL. EESL has signed the implementation agreement with 29 States/UTs in the country.

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As on date, EESL has installed over 1.02 crore LED street lights across the country covering over 1000 ULBs.

As per the report (Lighting Industry Data 2018-19) published by Electric Lamp and Component Manufacturers' Association of India (ELCOMA) on 1 st  May 2019, the LED industry had supplied 1.35 crore LED Street Lights from 2015 to 2018.

(c) : Following are the steps taken to expedite the implementation of SLNP:

-  Proposals for replacement of Conventional street lights with LED street lights have been submitted to all States/UTs by EESL.
-  Secretary, Ministry of Power has written a letter to the Chief Secretaries of all the  States/UTs  for  implementation  of  SLNP  Programme  in  their  respective states.
-  EESL has signed State level agreement for the implementation of the programme.
-  Regular follow up by EESL officials with key officials of State Government/ULB's.
-  National  level  and  state  level  workshops/conferences  have  been  organized  by EESL from time to time for creating the awareness among the states/ULBs for implementation of SLNP.
- (d) & (e) : The  SLNP  programme  is  voluntary  in  nature  and  runs  without  any budgetary  support  from  Government  of  India.    SLNP  is  based  on  a  sustainable business model where the cost of efficient lighting is repaid by ULBs from savings in energy  and  maintenance  expenditure  over  a  period  of  time  through  savings  in electricity  bill.  The  entire  upfront  investment  is  made  by  EESL  which  aggregates demand across the country and procures LED street lights through a transparent and competitive bidding process for further installation of LED street lights in ULBs at lower rates compared to retail market.

The coverage of the programme includes North Eastern States and as on date,  EESL  has  installed  1,04,692  LED  street  lights  in  the  North  Eastern  States  of

Assam, Sikkim and Tripura.

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