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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