Govt distributes over 15 crore LED bulbs under DELP scheme

One LED bulb helps a consumer save anywhere between Rs 160 to Rs 400 every year and has a life expectancy of 25,000 hours

Domestic Efficient Lighting Scheme (DELP) has touched a new milestone with the distribution of 15 crore energy efficient LED bulbs to households via discoms.

These 15.10 crore LED bulbs will help in saving of 53.74 million units of electricity per day and Rs 21.49 crore daily, stated information updated on UJALA web portal.

According to information provided on the website, these 15.10 crore bulbs will help avoiding around 4,000 MW peak demand of electricity and reduce 43,534 tonnes of carbon dioxide per day.

Under DELP, the government wants to replace all the 77 crore incandescent bulbs sold in India with LED bulbs. This will result in reduction of 20,000 MW load, energy savings of 105 billion KWh and Green House Gas (GHG) emissions savings of 80 million tonnes every year.

The annual saving in electricity bills will be Rs 40,000 crore, considering an average tariff of Rs 4 per kWh.

Each LED bulb helps a consumer save anywhere between Rs 160 to Rs 400 every year and has a life expectancy of 25,000 hours, thus making the cost recovery lesser than a year.

For availing the scheme, the customer needs to provide a copy of the latest electricity bill, along with a copy of ID proof to discoms.

The LED bulbs are also made available through other channels by Energy Efficiency Services Ltd.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the scheme last year in January.