Lok Sabha Question No. 870 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Use of LED Bulbs
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: BHAGWANTH KHUBA, RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY, PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL, RANJANBEN BHATT, SHER SINGH GHUBAYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.870 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.04.2016

## USE OF LED BULBS

870.   SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA: DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY: SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL: SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT: SHRI SHER SINGH GHUBAYA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government have issued any guidelines for the use of LEDs which are more energy efficient than the commercial bulbs and if so, the salient features thereof;

(b) whether the Government has issued any direction to the State Governments to promote the use of LEDs and make it available at subsidized rates to the consumers and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether Government have taken any steps to encourage domestic consumers to replace the existing bulbs with energy efficient LED bulbs in the country and if so, the estimated number of households switched to LEDs, State/UT-wise; and

(d) whether  Government  is  providing  any  support  to  the  companies  engaged  in manufacture of LED bulbs under Make in India initiatives in the country, if so, the details thereof and the number of companies set up production plants in the country, State/UT-wise?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) : For promotion of LED lamps, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power has initiated star labeling of Omni Directional LED lamps. Under this programme, energy efficiency labels will be issued to 9W and 7W LED lamps. The salient features of LED Star rating Programme are as follows:

-  The LED lamps shall conform to safety, harmonics and power factor requirements as per the relevant Indian Standards to qualify as a BEE star labeled product.

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-  The minimum luminous efficacy of the LED lamp should be 79 lumen/Watt i.e. Star 2 as per the current star-rating plan to qualify for Star Rating Programme.
-  In order to educate and motivate the general consumer, the manufacturers shall provide the information in a tabular form about the LED lamp wattage equivalent to incandescent lamp wattage on the packing.

(b) & (c) : The  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  inaugurated  the  National  LED  Domestic  and Street Lighting Programme on 5th January 2015. Both of these programme are voluntary in  nature  and  are  based  on  a  sustainable  business  model  where  the  cost  of  efficient lighting is repaid by consumer/urban local bodies from savings in energy and maintenance  expenditure.  The  entire  upfront  investment  is  done  by  Energy  Efficiency Services  Ltd  (EESL),  a  joint  venture  company  under  Ministry  of  Power,  without  any Government  budget  allocation.  In  order  to  encourage  States/UTs  join  the  voluntary programme, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India has written to all the Chief Secretaries  of  the  States/UTs  on  14  January  2015  subsequent  to  the  launch  of  the National Programme, requesting them to identify cities and participate in this voluntary initiative. So far, over 10 crore LED bulbs have been distributed by EESL.

There  is  no  element  of  subsidy  in  the  scheme  and  the  aggregation  of demand has enabled reduction of prices of LED bulbs from Rs. 310/- (February, 2014) to Rs. 54.90 (March, 2016), a reduction of over 83%, which is passed on to the consumer.

The estimated number of households that have switched over to LEDs are:

| S. No   | State Name                           |   No. of Households As on 20 April 2016 (In Lakh) |
|---------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Delhi                                |                                             20.76 |
| 3       | Haryana                              |                                              0.44 |
| 4       | HP                                   |                                             19.61 |
| 5       | Uttarakhand                          |                                              9.33 |
| 6       | Rajasthan                            |                                             35.1  |
| 7       | UP                                   |                                             33.6  |
| 8       | Bihar                                |                                              5.39 |
| 10      | Jharkhand                            |                                             19.36 |
| 11      | Chhattisgarh                         |                                              3.77 |
| 13      | Maharashtra                          |                                             50.78 |
| 14      | AP                                   |                                             63.1  |
| 18      | Karnataka                            |                                             27.64 |
| 20      | Kerala                               |                                             22.17 |
| 21      | Puducherry                           |                                              2.03 |
| 22      | Institutional Supply (Railways/PSUs) |                                              8.58 |
|         | TOTAL                                |                                            321.66 |

(d) : Central  Power  Research  Institute  (CPRI),  a  Government  of  India  Society under  Ministry  of  Power,  has  taken  R&D  initiatives  under  Research  Schemes  for indigenous development of components of LEDs such as drivers etc.

CPRI also provides testing and certification services to manufacturers for LED  lighting  systems.  The  testing  services  include  certification  as  well  as  testing  for product development/improvement.

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