LED Bulbs to Low Income Families

Power and Energy Minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya speaking to the media yesterday said, that  the  cabinet had approved to provide ten million LED bulbs to 3.8 million consumers under low income category.

Those 3.8million people still use incandescent bulbs and it consumes 70 percent more electricity than LED bulbs. The low income consumers cannot buy LED bulbs due to their high price. Therefore the ministry had taken this decision to provide relief to them.

The cost of the LED bulbs will be collected within 24 months from their electricity bill.   The minister had assured not to increase the electricity bills though the cost of the LED bulbs were added to it.

According to the Ministry calculations, the cost of the LED bulbs could be recovered within four months. It would be an opportunity to save the high electricity usage during 7.00p.m to 10.00p.m and the Ministry request consumers to replace any incandescent bulbs used by them with energy saving CFL and LED bulbs in order to save energy.