India’s 76% LED bulbs found to be spurious: Survey

Levels of non-compliance regarding metrics such as manufacturer’s name and address least in Mumbai: Nielsen study

Three-fourths of light emitting diode (LED) bulbs sold in India were found non-compliant with government’s consumer safety standards, market research firm Nielsen said in a survey.

The report, based on a study of 200 electrical retail outlets across major cities like Mumbai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and New Delhi in July, found the products to be spurious and riskier, with the highest number of violations in the national capital.

“76 per cent of LED Bulb brands and 71 per cent of LED downlighter brands across 200 electrical retail outlets were found to be non-compliant with consumer safety standards, as prescribed and mandated for lighting products by the Bureau of Indian Standards and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. These spurious products pose a serious safety hazard for consumers besides causing significant loss in tax revenues for the Government of India, as they are illegally manufactured and sold,” the Nielsen study states.

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