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Gram Ujala Scheme
March 24 , 2021
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- The government of India has launched the “Gram Ujala Scheme” to provide the cheapest LED bulbs in rural areas.
- It offers the world’s cheapest LED bulbs in rural areas at a mere ₹10.
- It also proposes to take back the incandescent and compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulbs of the rural consumers.
- The scheme does not come with the government’s support or subsidy.
- It will be financed entirely through the carbon credits.
- That will be claimed under the “United Nations’ Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)”.
- This is the first such scheme in India.
- The scheme was launched by the Union power and new and renewable energy ministry.
- In the first phase, the scheme was launched from Arrah district in Bihar.
- In this phase, around 15 million LED bulbs will be distributed in the villages of Arrah (Bihar), Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh), Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Nagpur (Maharashtra), and western Gujarat.
- In the year 2014, the previous Unnat Jyoti by Affordable Lighting for All (Ujala) scheme had cut the LED bulb prices.
- India is currently the second-largest LED market across the world by value.
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