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UJALA Yojana Flagship
SEVERAL SUCCESS STORIES has also been named "Prakash Path" by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
Prior to 2014-2015, the electricity bill used to be
higher due to the use of outdated bulbs and the
Devdutt Sharma, co-owner of a Dhaba higher demand for electricity. Clearly, the country
in Sonipat, Haryana, asserts that the required a solution that would reduce power
installation of LED bulbs has increased consumption, improve lighting, and reduce costs.
the number of customers who visit the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's UJALA scheme
fully lit dhaba. Not only that, but the has been successful in achieving this goal.
dhaba's electricity bill, which used to
be close to 45 thousand rupees, is now BOOST TO MAKE IN INDIA:
around 15 thousand. LED BECOMES CHEAPER
With annual sales of more than Rs 21 billion,
Mercy Susan, a girl from Secunderabad, India has become the world's largest LED market.
Andhra Pradesh, says: "The brighter The domestic production of LED bulbs in India has
the light, the bigger the effect." Mercy increased from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 4 crore as a result
is now very optimistic about her future of this scheme. Make in India has benefited from
because she can study for 4 hours this, as have the entrepreneurs in the country. As
under an LED bulb. a result of this scheme, the price of the Make in
India LED bulb has dropped by approximately 90%,
bringing this LED bulb, which provides more light
Anshul from Lucknow says that the with less electricity expenditure, within the reach
installation of LEDs reduced his bill by of the common man. The LED bulb, which cost
about 30%. around Rs. 400 in 2015, is available in the open
market for around Rs. 75 in 2022.
AGREEMENTS FOR PLAN EXTENSION
The government has saved lakhs of A Memorandum of Understanding was signed
crores of rupees for the public by with the Uttar Pradesh State Rural Livelihoods
reducing the cost of LEDs and saving Mission. Ujala appliances will be distributed in
Uttar Pradesh through self-help groups under
the electricity bills of consumers with this MoU.
just this one scheme. I urge you all to Fans, bulbs, tubelights, and streetlights will be
use LED bulbs, save energy, and help replaced with smart LED lights and efficient
brushless DC electric motor (BLDC) fans as
our country. part of the project to bring the benefits of
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister UJALA to the masses.
EESL, the program's nodal agency, has also
partnered with the Department of Posts to
distribute UJALA devices, with the Department
of Posts using its nationwide network to do so.
It will offer a convenient retail counter in rural
areas of the country.
Experiments on lighting densely populated
areas are currently underway, such as the
Delhi-Chandigarh National Highway 1, which
has been illuminated with green LED bulbs.
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