New Delhi: Retail price of 9 watt LED bulbs under the government’s UJALA programme has dropped to as low as Rs 65 per unit to encourage consumers to opt for these energy efficient lights. “The aggregation of demand and bulk procurement has resulted in reduction of 88 per cent in ...
Read More »Government mulls selling LED bulbs at Rs 44 under DELP scheme
Government is looking to provide LED bulbs at Rs 44, which is much lower than current retail price of around Rs 300, under its DELP scheme to discourage use of inefficient incandescent bulbs, said Power Minister Piyush Goyal. Lighting sector accounts for about 20 per cent of the total energy consumption in India. Prime Minister Narendra ...
Read More »AP: Street lights in local bodies to have LED bulbs soon
News: The Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) is working on replacing all the street lights in all municipalities and panchayats with LED bulbs in a phased manner. The APERC has already replaced 92,000 street lights in Visakhapatanam with LED bulbs. AP Minister for Water Resources Devineni Umamaheswara Rao, said ...
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