As per Principal Secretary of MP Government and Managing Director of MP Urja Vikas Nigam Manu Srivastava, the prices of energy efficient appliances distributed under the Government of India’s Unnat Jeevan by Affordable lEDs and Appliances for All (UJAlA) scheme have been revised, owing to the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The 9W lED bulbs are priced, Rs 70, 20W lED tube light Rs 220 and 5-star rated fans will be available at Rs 1,200 only.
Energy efficiency Services limited (EESl), under the administration of Ministry of Power, Government of India, and the nodal agency for implementation of the UJAlA programme has appealed all consumes not to pay any amount over and above the prices fixed by EESl for the UJAlA appliances.
If consumers notice any discrepancy in prices in all over the MP, they should immediately report such cases at ‘Register your complaint’ section on UJAlA dashboard, or on EESl social media handles-for Twitter @EESl_india and for facebook @EESlindia.
They can also contact All-India EESl helpline number 18001803580 or email at helpline@eesl.co.in. Consumers can also register their complaints at the EESl complaint logging portal — http://support.eeslindia.org/.
BEE 5-star rated energy efficient fans distributed by EESl are of 50Watts, which are 30 percent more efficient then the fans available in market. The lED bulbs and lED tube light provided under the UJAlA scheme come with a three year free replacement warranty while the energy efficient fans come with a 2.5 year technical warranty.
In MP UJAlA Yojna, during the distribution, replacements can be done through any of the distribution counters that would be operating within the city.
The list of the distribution counters can be found out on the national UJAlA dashboard-www.ujala.gov.in.
The UJAlA scheme wan launched by the Government of India on January 5, 2015 with a target of replacing 77 crore inefficient bulbs with energy Efficient lED Bulbs. Currently, over 26.21 crore lED bulbs, 30.70 lakh tube light and 12.50 lakh fans have already been distributed across 28 States.
In MP under UJAlA Yojna, currently, over 1.46 crore lED Bulbs, 2.98 lakh lED Tube lights and 0.75 lakh 5 Star rating energy efficient fans have already been distributed. This has led to annual energy savings of more than 2900 million units of electricity.
The estimated cumulative cost reduction in bills of consumers, per year is Rs 1,700 crore.