LED manufacturing estimated to reach $3.6 bn by 2020: DeitY

S K Marwah, Director, DeitY, gave a special address on "Policy Initiatives for Promoting Electronics Manufacturing in India" at LED Expo 2016

LED Expo, India’s largest and the only exhibition for LED Lighting, products and technologies which opened this week hosted over 160 exhibitors from 6 countries, the exhibition covered all aspects of LED lighting and applications that serves the cause of promoting LED and energy efficient, environment friendly and cost-saving technologies in India. Day two of the fair hosted the LED Summit, which provided a project update on government schemes, LED lighting standards and certification as well as initiatives, policies and programs supporting energy efficiency through Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s experience in 2015.

The exhibition comes at an important juncture when the Indian government is aggressively pushing LEDs for all street lamps, residential and public space lighting. The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company, Pune zone has recently launched a scheme to distribute one crore LED bulbs to domestic consumers as part of its energy conservation plan. Various products concerning power-saving technologies and advanced lighting systems were launched or introduced for the first time at the three-day fair.

Technologies like: LED Emergency Bulbs, Intelligent Smart Bulbs, LED Rechargeable Flood Lights, 24 x 7 light and Solar Lanterns, Soft strip lights, industrial tube light fitting, Award winning and patented LED driver technology and v arious light and colour changing energy-efficient lighting technologies for commercial spaces will be seen at the fair.

The LED Summit shared light on Emerging Markets and the opportunities before the Indian LED industry.  S K Marwah, Director, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communication & Information Technology (DeitY) gave a special address on "Policy Initiatives for Promoting Electronics Manufacturing in India". While speaking in his address he shared, “The current market size of LED Manufacturing is $1.8 billion and this is slated to reach at $3.6 by year 2020. The focus is on Indian manufacturing and 50% will be domestic manufacturing."