Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be launching the next leg of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) on August 10. An official statement said that Modi will do so by handing over Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG or cooking gas) connections, at Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh via video conferencing. He will interact with beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme and will also address the nation.
PMUY 2.0 was announced in the Union budget for financial year 2021-22. There was a provision for an additional 10 million LPG connections under the scheme. “These 10 million additional PMUY connections (under Ujjwala 2.0) aim to provide deposit-free