Do you see a birthday gift in LED bulbs?

LED bulbs in India seem to have joined the club of the most quirky birthday gifts, and guess who is seconding it--the Power Mnister Piyush Goyal

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: Have you ever thought of gifting LED bulb as birthday gift to a friend? If you do that you may receive a quirky reaction from your friend, but be sure of a thumbs up from the Power Minister Piyush Goyal. 

The Power Minister on Sunday promptly retweeted one Sujit Patel, who tweeted of gifting LED bulbs to friends on birthdays. The Minister's retweet indicates the extent to which he would wish Indians to adopt the LED bulbs.

@PiyushGoyal sir, i hv already changed to LED. I m also giving LED bulb as birthday gift to frndz --sujit patel (@geeta5579) November 21, 

Sujit Patel had tweeted to @Piyush Goyal on his tweet promoting the LED usage in the country.

Join the #ILedTheWay Movement by pledging to switch to LED bulbs to make India an energy efficient nation! Visit https://t.co/WykGHR7vOD — Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) November 21, 2015

The Domestic Energy Lighting Program of Power  Ministry has gone all out to promote replacing LED bulbs with all the other category of lights and bulbs all across the country.

Electricity Distribution Company and Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) under Goyal's ministry  is also giving bulbs for at discounts at Rs 100 or  105, cheaper than the market price between Rs 250 to Rs 400.

It is also offering 3-year free-of-cost replacement. One can buy LED bulbs either under an EMI scheme in which one can pay  Rs 10 as an advance per bulb, and pay balance  Rs 95 per bulb in 10 easy monthly installments, or pay Rs 100 upfront per bulb.

One also would need to furnish basic documents like a copy of electricity bill, photo ID proof & proof of address etc. to avail the scheme.

EESL claimed that LED bulbs provided under the scheme consume only one-tenth of energy compared to bulbs available in the market. 

It also said that using these LEDs can reduce electricity bills by up to Rs 160 to Rs 400 per bulb.