Question: Piyush Goyal Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy announced which of the following names for the LED based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP)?
(a) ROSHNI
(b) UJALA
(c) PRAKASH
(d) KIRAN
Ans (b)
Related facts:
- On 11 March 2016 Piyush Goyal Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy announced the name ‘UJALA’ for the LED based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP).
- This is currently running successfully in over 120 cities across India.
- The National LED programme was launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister on January 2015.
- The National LED programme was launched with a target of replacing 77 crore incandescent lamps with LED bulbs.
- UJALA is successfully running across 12 states in India namely Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttarakhand.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137826
http://www.khabarindia.in/national-led-bulbs-scheme-gets-a-new-face-in-ujala/