Atal Pension YojanaAtal Pension Yojana is a government-backed pension scheme in India targeted at the unorganised sector. It was originally mentioned in the 2015 Budget speechby Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in February 2015.[1] It was formally launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 May in Kolkata.[2] As of May 2015, only 11% of India's population has any kind of pension scheme, this scheme aims to increase the number.

In Atal Pension Yojana, for every contribution made to the pension fund, the government will

contribute an equal amount to his/her fund. Depending on the contribution made between 18 and

40, at the age of 60 a sum of 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000, or ₹5,000 will be paid monthly.[1][3]

This scheme will be linked to the bank accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan

Yojana scheme and the contributions will be deducted automatically. Most of these accounts had

zero balance initially. The government aims to reduce the number of such zero balance accounts

by using this and related schemes

Bachat Lamp YojnaBachat Lamp Yojana is a program by the government of India to reduce the cost of compact

fluorescent lamps (CFLs, i.e., energy saving lights) sold to consumers.[1] Implemented through

the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in India's Ministry of Power, the program's goal is to

deliver CFLs at the cost of normal lightbulbs. The difference in cost will be covered by the sale of

Certified Emission Rights under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol.[2]

Lighting accounts for almost 20% of the total electricity demand in the country. The majority of

lighting needs in the country are met by incandescent bulbs, particularly in the household sector.

Incandescent bulbs are extremely energy inefficient as over 90% of the electricity is converted

into heat, and only up to 10% is used for lighting.