The government Wednesday gave out the 6-croreth free cooking gas (LPG) connection as the scheme to make available cleaner fuel in every household kitchens runs ahead of schedule.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu handed over papers for an LPG connection under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) - which was launched on May 1, 2016, with a target to give 5 crore connections by March 2019 - to a Muslim lady Jasmina Khatoon from Shivpark, Khanpur in the national capital.
The target was later raised to 8 crore connections by 2021 and now envisages giving all households a connection.
Speaking on the occasion, Naidu termed the scheme as revolutionary and "possibly the world's biggest poverty alleviation programme."