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Pradeep Kumar

11/08/21 08:00 AM IST

Ujjwala 2.0

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The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi launched Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana - PMUY) by handing over LPG connections, at Mahoba Uttar Pradesh via video conferencing.

Stats of previous phase
  • In the first phase of the scheme, 8 crore poor, dalit, deprived, backward and tribal families were given free gas connections.
  • The benefit of this free gas connection was felt in the era of the Corona pandemic.
  • Ujjawala Yojana has led to manifold expansion of LPG gas infrastructure. During the last 6-7 years more than 11 thousand LPG distribution centres have been opened.
  • In UP the number of these centres increased to 4 thousand from 2 thousand in 2014.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
  • In May 2016, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOPNG), introduced the ‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana’ (PMUY) as a flagship scheme with an objective to make clean cooking fuel such as LPG available to the rural and deprived households which were otherwise using traditional cooking fuels such as firewood, coal, cow-dung cakes etc.
  • Usage of traditional cooking fuels had detrimental impacts on the health of rural women as well as on the environment.
  • The scheme was launched on 1st May 2016 in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri. Narendra Modi.
Source: PIB

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