Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana achieves target of 8 crore LPG connections 10/09/2019 – Posted in: Press Information Bureau
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
(Prime Minister’s Office)
WHAT
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana achieves target of 8 crore LPG connections 7 months ahead of target date.
PRADHAN MANTRI UJJWALA YOJANA
- The scheme was launched on 1 May 2016 in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, to distribute 50 million (5 crore) LPG connections to women of BPL families
- Many households are still deprived of LPG as cooking fuel and have to rely on firewood, coal, dung – cakes etc. as primary source of cooking.
- Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) aims to safeguard the health of women & children by providing them with a clean cooking fuel – LPG.
Target beneficiaries
- All SC/STs households beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(PMAY) (Gramin)
- Antyoday Anna Yojana (AAY)
- Forest dwellers
- Most Backward Classes (MBC)
- Tea & Ex-Tea Garden Tribes
- People residing in Islands
- People residing in the river islands.
Source: PIB
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