New Delhi: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal has suggested that LED bulbs should be gifted on special occasions like Diwali and new year.
"Can we think of gifting LEDs in Diwali/Navvarsh - instead giving out dairies and sundry gifts?" Goyal tweeted on Monday evening.
In a number of tweets after the launch of 'National Programme for LED Street Lighting & LED Home Lighting in Delhi' on Monday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Goyal floated the idea that Aadhar numbers can be used to give LED bulbs to households to ensure transparency and avoid duplicacy.
He informed that Modi even replaced one bulb in South Block with an LED bulb and called for making energy conservation a people's movement. An innovative business model has been formulated by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) that requires no investment by municipalities, he said.
The Minister said three crore street lights in the country have the potential of saving 5 billion KWh every year which would result in cost savings of Rs 3,000 crore.
"In Delhi, LED bulbs will be provided to all domestic consumers at an initial payment of Rs.10 each and recovery of Rs.10 each for 12 months...Hence, the cost for an LED bulb to domestic consumer will be Rs 130 due to bulk procurement, compared to open market retail price of Rs.350!" he said.
Goyal said 26 billion KWh of energy can be saved every year if all 77 crores incandescent bulbs sold in India are converted to LEDs.
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