CFLs provided under Bachat Lamp Yojana
(a) whether it is a fact that the Ministry is providing Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) under the Bachat Lamp Yojana for reducing the cost;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) how many beneficiaries were provided CFLs under the scheme since its beginning, State-wise?
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF POWER
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2805
ANSWERED ON-27.03.2017
CFLs provided under Bachat Lamp Yojana
2805 . Shri Santiuse Kujur
(a) whether it is a fact that the Ministry is providing Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) under the Bachat Lamp Yojana for reducing the cost;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) how many beneficiaries were provided CFLs under the scheme since its beginning, State-wise?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER,
COAL, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES
( SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL )
(a) to (c) : Under the Bachat Lamp Yojana (BLY) programme, which was implemented by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory body under Ministry of Power, during the years 2010 to 2013, Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) were provided to residential consumers at Rs. 15 per CFL, in exchange of an Incandescent Lamp (ICL). Under the BLY programme, about 215 lakh CFLs were distributed to approximately 88.9 lakh beneficiaries.
State-wise CFL distribution to the beneficiaries, under the BLY programme, since its beginning, is furnished below:
Name of the State No. of CFLs distributed
under BLY Programme of Activities (in Lakhs) No. of Beneficiaries
(in Lakhs)
Andhra Pradesh 28 8.9
Delhi 8 2.3
Karnataka 37 9.7
Kerala 126 63.0
Punjab 16 5.0
Total 215 88.9
Presently, the BLY programme has been discontinued and Unnat Jyoti By Affordable LEDs For All (UJALA) programme is being implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture company of four Public Sector Undertakings of Ministry of Power, wherein household lighting is replaced with LED bulbs.
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Source: Rajyasabha
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