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Union Cabinet: PLI Scheme for Air Conditioners and LED Lights approved
The Union Cabinet recently approved the Production Linked Scheme for White Goods such as Air conditioners and LED lights. The main objective of the scheme is to make manufacturing in India globally competitive. This is to be achieved by creating economies of scale, removing sectoral disabilities and ensuring efficiencies. The scheme will make India an ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Air Conditioners • Electronics • LED lights • PLI Scheme • Union Cabinet • Union Cabinet Decisions • white goods
AMRUT Mission: Project updates in HP and Uttarakhand
On October 9, 2020, Ministry of housing and urban affairs reviewed the progress of AMRUT Scheme in the states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Highlights Around 32 projects have been completed in the state of Himachal Pradesh under the scheme and 41 projects are under implementation. In the state of Uttarakhand, around 151 projects have ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: AMRUT • AMRUT Scheme • Himachal Pradesh • LED lights • Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs • Uttarakhand
India’s UJALA Programme completes 5 successful years
On January 5, 2020, Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) and LED Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) marked their fifth anniversary. The schemes were implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL). EESL is a joint venture of PSU operating under Ministry of Power. Highlights Under the SLNP initiative, in five years around 1.03 ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: EESL • Energy efficiency • Green House Gas Emissions • LED lighting • LED lights • Power Sector • SLNP • UJALA Scheme
India crosses 1 Cr LED street light mark, installed under SLNP
India has doubled the number of LED street lights from 49 lakh in March 2018 to 1 crore as on 1 October 2019. This one crore target has been reached by the country even as it missed the scaled-down target to replace 1.34 crore conventional street lights with energy efficient LED lights by March 2019. ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: EESL • LED lights • SLNP • Street Light National Programme
Targets under the Street Lighting National Programme likely to be missed
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and Renewable Energy, R K Singh has stated in Lok Sabha that the targets set under the Street Lighting National Programme are most likely to be missed. Street Lighting National Programme The Street Lighting National Programme was launched on 5th January 2015. The programme aims to replace 3.5 crore conventional ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019
Topics: Energy Efficiency Services Limited • LED lights • NTPC Limited • Power Finance Corporation Limited • POWERGRID Corporation of India Limited • Rural Electrification Corporation Limited • Street Lighting National Programme • Street lights