CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -UJALA Scheme-Full Form, Objectives & Implementation. UJALA scheme was launched by PM Narendra Modi on 1st May 2015 under the government of India.

Detailed explanation-2: -The flagship UJALA programme of the Ministry of Power has successfully completed seven years of distributing and selling LED lights on January 05, 2022. Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) scheme was launched by Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi on January 05, 2015.

Detailed explanation-3: -Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) has implemented the Gram Ujala Programme under which energy efficient LED bulbs of 7W and 12W were distributed in exchange of 60W and 100W incandescent bulb respectively, at Rs.10 per LED bulb in rural areas.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Power Ministry scheme, implemented by the Energy Efficiency Services Ltd has become the world’s largest zero subsidy domestic lighting programme that addresses the twin issues of high electricity cost and reducing carbon emission.