Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme

Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA)

PM Modi launches Scheme for LED bulb distribution in Delhi
Country India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Ministry MoP
Key people Piyush Goyal
Launched 1 May 2015 (2015-05-01)
Website www.delp.in
Status: Active

Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) was launched by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 1 May 2015, replacing the "Bachat Lamp Yojana". Within 1 year of its launch, 9 crore LED bulbs were sold in the country, reducing their electricity bills by ₹55 billion (US$820 million).

The scheme was announced as "Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP)" on 5 January 2015, urging the people to use LED bulbs in place of incandescent bulbs, tube lights and CFL bulbs as they are more efficient, long lasting and economical in their life cycle duration.

History

It was launched as "Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA)" on 1 May 2015. [1] The scheme was announced as "Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP)" on 5 January 2015,[2] urging the people to use LED bulbs in place of incandescent bulbs, tube lights and CFL bulbs as they are more efficient, long lasting and economical in their life cycle duration.[3]

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy stopped the subsidy on CFL-based solar lighting system to encourage the use of the LED version.[2] The scheme was implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) (under the Ministry of Power).[4]

Target

The government's target is to replace 77 crore incandescent bulbs in India with LEDs by 2019 leading to an expected reduction in installed load of 20,000 mW with an annual estimated savings of over 100 million kwh and an annual reduction of ₹400 billion (US$5.9 billion) in electricity bills.[4][1]

Performance

The programme was launched in July and reached the one-crore LED milestone on 9 August 2015. The total replacement has helped energy saving of more than 1.4 crore units per day. It has also helped to avoid peak demand of 1,326 mW and ₹5.56 crore (US$830,000) in cost savings per day, leading to substantial reduction in carbon emissions.[2] Within 1 year of its launch, 9 crore LED bulbs were sold in the country, reducing their electricity bills by ₹55 billion (US$820 million).[1] Andhra Pradesh led by distributing 1.89 crore LEDs followed by Maharashtra (1.68 crore) and Karnataka (83 lakh).[5]

It has been adopted by over 2.3 crore people across 11 states in the country. The number of LED bulbs distributed increased to seven crores by 1 March 2016.[4]

As of 26 April 2016, a total of 10 crore LED Bulbs have been distributed under the scheme. This led to a savings of 35.6 GWh per day in energy and ₹14.24 crore (US$2.1 million) per day in cost and a per day reduction of 28,839 t of CO2.[6]

EESL, a joint venture of state-run power companies, is implementing the project and has achieved 75% reduction in the price of LED bulbs through a combination of aggressive and transparent procurement process and passing on this benefit to consumers.[7]

Previous schemes

"Bachat Lamp Yojana" was a launched by the government of India on 25 February 2009 to reduce the cost of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs, i.e., energy saving lights) sold to consumers.[8][9] Implemented through the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in India's Ministry of Power, the program's goal was to deliver CFLs at the cost of normal lightbulbs.[10] The difference in cost will be covered by the sale of Certified Emission Reduction(CER) Units under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol.[11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "UJALA will be implemented across country by 2019: Piyush Goyal", The Economic Times, 30 April 2016
  2. 1 2 3 Datta, Sanjay (23 December 2015), "Users see the light, grab 1cr LED bulbs in 25 days", The Times of India, TNN
  3. ↑ Modi, Ajay (10 May 2015), "Light at the end of the tunnel", Business Today
  4. 1 2 3 "Government distributes over 7 crore LED bulbs under DELP scheme", The Economic Times, 1 March 2016
  5. ↑ "Gujarat lags in tapping Ujala light", The Times of India, 1 May 2016
  6. ↑ National DELP Dashboard
  7. ↑ "Energy Efficiency Services Limited (A Joint Venture Company of PSUs of Ministry of Power, Govt. of India)".
  8. ↑ "Bachat Lamp Yojana", Indian Renewable Energy and Efficiency Policy Database
  9. ↑ "The Action plan for Energy efficiency", The Day After, 1 August 2009, archived from the original on 3 August 2009, retrieved 17 August 2009
  10. ↑ "Flickering hope", Business Today
  11. ↑ Sasi, Anil (5 June 2009). "Bachat Lamp Yojana, yet to get glowing". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 17 August 2009.

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