Billions
in Change
I am sure , you could not have missed the
full front page advertisements in yesterday’s news- papers re Billions in Change
Over the next few weeks , TV viewers will get to watch this
documentary video on a number of channels ( although already viewable on their ,
It explains how Manoj Bhargava and his
team of dedicated staff are trying to alleviate poverty in India ( - and later
on , in entire world ) , through their revolutionary / low cost devices such as
,
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[ 300 Watts @ Rs 14,450 / 150 Watts
@ Rs 9,990
If you buy 30 units of 300 Watt , discounted ( 10 % ) price comes
to Rs 13,000 ]
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[ HANS Solar Brief Case @ Rs 9,450
Charges 300 Watt pack in
4 hours / 150 Watt pack in 2 hours ]
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What a happy
coincidence !
Only a few
days back , PM Shri Modi announced the launch of SAUBHAGYA scheme to ensure that electricity reaches to 4 CRORE rural household
That Scheme would
cost the government Rs 16,000 crores !
Now , is it
possible that , government could have purchased from Manoj Bhargava , 4 Crore HANS
Power Packs ( 300 Watts ) and distributed for FREE to those poor households ?
For such a BULK PURCHASE , I am sure , Manoj would have dropped the
price to Rs 10,000 / - for 300 Watt pack
!
Since I am not an agent / dealer of Billions In Change , I strongly
recommend that EESL come out with an open tender for these Power Packs , as it
has earlier done in the following cases :
We have all
heard ( repeatedly – including in PM’s speech 2 days back to the Company
Secretaries ) how government , through its policy of BULK PURCHASE , managed to
bring down the prices of LED bulbs from Rs 360 to Rs 45 each
And
succeeded in replacing 28 Crore old fashioned / power consuming bulbs !
And how , only a few days back , EESL managed to bring down the
price of an Electric Car to Rs 11.2 lakhs (
against identical petrol model selling for Rs 14 lakhs ) by tendering
for 10,000 cars ! And expect to bring it down further to Rs 7 lakhs in next 2
years with tenders for 100,000 cars
Of course , even
at Rs 10,000 each , buying 4 CRORE Power Packs from Manoj , would cost the
exchequer , Rs 40,000 Crore !
But look at the advantages
:
·
Not need to erect /maintain
miles of transmission lines to those huts
·
No need to install and monitor Electricity ( Smart ) Meters
·
No need to collect monthly
payments for the power consumed
·
In fact , no need to PRODUCE
that power in the first place
·
No pollution due to power from coal-based power plants
·
No need to dig or import
expensive coal / or worry about low plant-load factor
·
No need to worry about power thefts / transmission losses !
·
No load shedding ( so common in rural areas ) for “ non-payment of
bills / low consumption “
·
No need to worry about PEAK /
LEAN load periods
·
No need to keep Subsidizing Power for ever
And for
supplying such huge numbers , Manoj ( and many Solar Panel manufacturing
companies from all over the World ) might even agree to set up 10 factories in
India for local manufacture - generating
thousands of jobs !
And talking
of “ Jobs Generation “ , let the government come out with special MUDRA bank loans , only for rural
youth who want to set up roadside “ Power Pack Charging Stations “ , using HANS Solar Brief cases , to recharge
those 4 Crore Power Packs in 5 hours !
Each youth
may be given a loan of Rs 1 LAKH , enabling him / her to buy 10 Solar Brief
Cases ! This will generate ONE MILLION
new “ Self Employment “
!
Today ( 07 Oct ) afternoon
, Shri Narendra Modiji will
“ felicitate “ :
“ Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan [ PMGDISHA ] “,
with the following objectives
:
·
Impart digital literacy to 6 CRORE citizens in rural India
·
Provide access to information , knowledge, healthcare and
livelihood generation
None of this is possible without Smart Phones / Tablets / Desk Tops
And the Power Pack can provide electricity to all of these through a
12 volt port !
( Do not hesitate to amend the Indian
Electricity Act , which forbids private parties / persons to produce and sell
electricity to anyone , without getting a license )
It is not too late for Minister for Renewable Energy , Shri R K
Singh to consider my suggestion
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