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Cover Story Sankalp years
Shakti of

UJALA

LED bulb price reduced
More than
2023 70-80
LED bulbs were
37 distributed thereby Rs
crore
saving 47,784 million 2014 300-350
units of electricity Rs
annually.
05 0 100 150 200 250 300
Saubhagya
The market price of 9 watts led bulbs
n The UJALA scheme was launched on January
5, 2015, to provide LED bulbs to consumers at
n Pradhan Mantri Saubhagya Yojana was launched on
affordable rates.
December 25, 2017, to give the right to electricity to
n 38.70 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions the poor and deprived. Electricity connection for just
Rs 500.
were reduced per year.
n 3 crore electricity connections given in the scheme,
n Under the Gram Ujala scheme LED bulbs were
reached near the completion target.
given at Rs 10 per LED bulb, one crore LED bulbs
were distributed in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra
n 18,000 villages were electrified
Pradesh, Karnataka, and Telangana.

PM JAN DHAN YOJANA GARIB KALYAN ANNA YOJANA

50
3.91 lakh crore 80 crore
48 Now the focus rupees were spent by citizens benefitted
Accounts opened 30 20 is on opening the central government from the distribution
crore
40
on the distribution of
of free food grains
accounts of
free food grains.
'every adult' from
crore
million metric tonnes of
0 10 14.72 'every household'. 1121 food grains were distributed
2015 2023
in seven phases.
n Jan Dhan Yojana, which became the cornerstone
of people-centric initiatives, was launched on 3 CYCLES OF LIFE
August 28, 2014.
PROTECTION READY
n Overdraft of Rs 10,000 and accidental insurance
cover of Rs 2 lakh on RuPay cards. 30.57 crore people got
insurance under Pradhan
Mantri Suraksha Yojana.

14.02 crore people got insurance
under Pradhan Mantri Jeevan
Jyoti Bima Yojana.

5.13 crore people have joined
56% Jan Dhan account the Atal Pension Yojana.
holders are women

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