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UJALA – Brightening Gujarat, one village at a time

UJALA – Making energy efficiency affordable

UJALA – Brightening Gujarat, one village at a timeUJALA lit up SBI headquarter in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha

EESL: Leading the highway to Energy Efficiency, one Dhaba at a time

Energy Efficiency Champions
Meera Vashisht, a 13-year old girl living in Sugarland, Texas, USA

Energy Efficiency Champions
Shri Kahaan Khaitan, Founder, House of Hope

About UJALA

“I urge you all to use LED bulbs, save money, save energy and take part in helping our nation.”

Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister

Hon’ble Prime Minister, on 5th January 2015 launched Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LED for All (UJALA) program. Under UJALA scheme, LED bulbs, LED Tube lights and Energy efficient fans are being provide to domestic consumers for replacement of conventional and inefficient variant

Till date, over 36.87 crore LED bulbs, 72.18 lakh LED Tube lights and 23.59 lakh Energy efficient fans distributed by EESL across India. This has resulted in estimated energy savings of 48.42 billion kWh per year with avoided peak demand of 9,789 MW, GHG emission reduction of 39.30 million t CO₂ per year and estimated annual monetary savings of INR 19,334 crore in consumer electricity bills. Under Energy Efficient Fan program over 80,000 BLDC fans have been sold.

The procurement price of LED bulb has dropped significantly due to aggregation of demand from INR 310 (Jan. 2014) to INR 38.45 (March 2024). Technical specification of LED bulbs being distributed has been enhanced from 100 lumen/W to 150 lumen/Watt. The program has been able to engage with common man in a significant scale and so far, more than 9 crore consumers have taken the benefit of using these LED bulbs thus making it the largest non-subsidy based LED lighting program in the world.

UJALA scheme was also included in the seven schemes that were selected for the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (GSA) and Extended Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (EGSA) of GoI. EESL distributed over 68 lakh LED bulbs covering over 65,000 villages across India under GSA and EGSA. The distribution of LED bulbs and awareness creation among low income households under this campaign was done through distribution counters and mobile vans in the villages.

(1) The procurement price reduced by almost 90% between 2014 and 2017; from Rs. 310 to Rs. 38.
(2) Technical specification of LED bulbs being distributed has been enhanced from 100 lumen/W to 150 lumen/W. EESL 5-star rated LED bulbs provide the same amount of light as conventional 9W bulbs but consume only 6W, making it 30% more efficient.
(3) The programme has been able to engage with common man in a significant scale and so far, more than 9 crore households have benefited, making it the largest non-subsidy based LED lighting programme in the world.