(The Gist of PIB) UJALA and Street Lighting National Programme [JANUARY-2020]

(The Gist of PIB) UJALA and Street Lighting National Programme

Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) and Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) of the central government has completed five successful years on January 5, 2020.

Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) is the world’s largest streetlight replacement program and Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) is the world’s largest domestic lighting project.
Both have been spearheaded and implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of PSUs under the Ministry of Power, Government of India.
Under the SLNP program, over 1.03 crore smart LED streetlights have been installed to date, enabling an estimated energy savings of 6.97 billion kWh per year.
Through the UJALA initiative, over 36.13 crores of LED bulbs have been distributed across India. This has resulted in estimated energy savings of 46.92 billion kWh per year and an estimated GHG emission reduction of 38 million tonne CO2 annually.