Tripura Govt: Solar Study Lamps to 6 lakhs poor school students

The Tripura government would provide 6,00,000 environment-friendly Solar Study Lamps (SSL) to students for sustainable illumination to aid poor school children in their education, officials said on Thursday.

According to the official of Tripura Renewable Energy Development Agency (TREDA) in the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) sponsored SSL scheme, 80 per cent of the fund was borne by the central government and



the remaining by the state government.

"We are taking a token amount of Rs 10 only from the beneficiary student. In the first phase, we would provide the SSL to 3,00,000 poor students and in the second phase we would supply additional 3,00,000 SSL".

"Besides education, the scheme's other objective is to economically empower women and, most importantly, curb kerosene dependency and stop pollution indoors."