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Towards Duty
Towards
Duty
Path
Path
Years
Years Mission Clean Energy
Pradhan Mantri Ujala Yojana
Commencement 5 January 2015
Protecting the Scheme
environment by
promoting LED bulbs
Objective: To provide affordable
LED bulbs to every household.
Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for Steps Towards Clean Energy
n
All (UJALA) program has become
the world's largest non-subsidized
indigenous lighting program. Under Objective: To create alternative sources of clean energy for a
this, LED bulbs are being provided pollution-free future and reduce the factors of pollution
for Rs 70, LED tube lights for Rs National Hydrogen Mission
220, and LED fans for Rs 1110. The
LED bulb which was available for Progress n Prime Minister Modi announced the launch of the National
Rs 350 till 2014 is now available Hydrogen Mission from the Red Fort on 15 August 2021.
for Rs 70. At the same time, LEDs Provisions have been made for this in the general budget.
are being made available for Rs 10 India's first hydrogen pilot plant was commissioned on 21
under the Gram Ujala Abhiyan. April 2022 at Jorhat, Assam.
n Since the beginning of the scheme, Promoting mixing of ethanol in petrol
36.79 crore LEDs have been
distributed till 22 April 2022. n Adding ethanol to petrol reduces carbon monoxide
emissions by up to 35%. Till 2014, 1.5% ethanol was blended
n Annual energy savings of 47,778 with petrol in India. It currently has a limit of 8.1%. From April
million kWh were achieved. 1, 2023, 20% ethanol will be blended with petrol.
n The maximum demand of 9,565
MW was relieved. 3.86 crore tonnes e-Charging stations
of carbon dioxide emissions have n The Government of India is helping people to rapidly shift
been reduced annually toward electric vehicles. About 4500 charging stations
have been approved in the country. At least one charging
At present,
40 station every 25 km on both sides of the Highway and at
least one Charging Station for long Range/Heavy Duty EVs
million LED bulbs are being every 100 km on both sides of the Highway. For the city, at
manufactured in the country per least one charging station will be set up in a grid of 3km x
month. In 2014, this number was 3km. Guidelines for a charging station have been issued. As
1 lakh per month. of March 25, 2022, 10.76 lakh, electric vehicles have been
registered in the country.
Commencement 25 September 2017 Progress
Prime Minister Saubhagya Yojana
Under this scheme, free
Right to electricity to the poor electricity connections are Under the scheme,
electricity
Scheme Objective: Electricity connection to every household a connection at a minimum fee connections have
provided to poor families.
Those who are not eligible, get
reached more than
till the last mile of the country
2.63
of Rs 500. Electricity connection
has reached 99.99 percent of the crore
households in the country houses so far.
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