LED based Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP)

Ministry/Department : Ministry of Power, Energy Efficiency Services Limited

Programme:

The programme aims to install LED bulbs street-lighting across different cities in the country.
The LED lights will replace inefficient lamps.
The initiative is part of the Government’s efforts to spread the message of energy efficiency in the country.
It will result in energy savings and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
The programme aims to replace 3.5 crore conventional street lights with energy efficient LED lights.
This replacement is expected to result in an annual energy saving of 900 crore units and a financial saving of Rs 5,500 crore.
Energy Efficiency Services Limited is the implementing agency for the programme.

Factual Information:

Note:

LED bulbs have a very long life, almost 50 times more than ordinary bulbs, and 8-10 times that of CFLs, and provide both energy and cost savings in the medium term.

Current Status:

The Energy Efficiency Services Limited has installed over 76.77 lakh LED street lights against the target set to install 1.34 crore set by March 2019.
The Street Lighting National Programme has not been implemented so far in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Meghalaya and Union Territories of Daman & Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep.