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Ahead of the Assembly elections in fiUjjwala Scheme
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) , aimed at providing LPG gas cylinders to rural and deprived households.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOPNG), introduced the ‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana’ (PMUY) in may 2016.
It is flagship scheme with the objective of making clean cooking fuel for deprived households.
Objectives of PMYU
Empowering women and protecting their health.
Reducing the number of deaths in India due to unclean cooking fuel.
Preventing young children from a significant number of acute respiratory illnesses caused due to indoor air pollution by burning fossil fuel.
Ujjwala 2.0:
In the Union budget for FY 21-22, provision for the release of additional 1 crore LPG connections to the eligible households by March 31, 2022.
The target under Ujjwala 2.0 was achieved in January 2022.
Subsequently, it was decided to release additional 60 lakh LPG connections under Ujjwala 2.0.
OMCs have achieved the target of releasing 1.6 Crore LPG Connections under Ujjwala 2.0 on 31st December 2022.
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