|
Sr. No. |
Description |
Value |
|
1 |
Number of households in the average
poor forest/rural village |
100 |
|
2 |
Number of mothers lacking good
quality light in the night for cooking, dining and
other uses
|
100 |
|
3 |
Number of children do not have any
light in the night for safety and studies
|
200 |
|
4 |
Number of male adults who do not have
anything to do in the evening for field work
|
100 |
|
5 |
Number of old women and men who can
not do anything in the night with the wick lamp for
safety and security and to do several odd jobs in
the home |
200 |
|
6 |
How much a village spends on Kerosene
for lights for a month and for one year
|
Rs. 4000/48000 |
|
7 |
What do they get out the above
spending |
Poor, unrealiable polluting light for
limited hours |
|
8 |
Lost income for the village (@ 10 Rs
a family) because of the inability to do anything in
the darkness (lowest estimate) |
Rs. 30000 a month /3,60,000 a year |
|
9 |
How much productivity gain (lowest)
can be made with a unfailing THRIVE LED light @ 25
Rs a day for each family |
Rs. 75,000 a month
Rs. 9,00,000 a year |
|
10 |
The investment needed to give lights
to every one and also to maintain it for years – AT
THE HIGHEST |
Rs. 1,00,000 |
|
11 |
Social return on lights – studies
|
Substantial for the future
|
|
12 |
Social return on the lights –
security |
A great feeling |
|
13 |
Social return on the lights – health
|
Free from pollution |
|
14 |
Per capita investment needed
|
Rs. 200 or US$ 5 |
|
15 |
Employment provided in the lighting
scheme |
One member @ 2000 a month
|
