Next leg of Ujjwala scheme to focus on affordability of LPG: Oil ministry

Oil companies wait to recover around Rs 4,500 cr from existing PMUY beneficiaries

The next leg of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) is going to focus on affordability of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG or cooking gas) refills. According to a top oil ministry official, this will be in line with the government's efforts to increase adoption of LPG through behavioural shifts among lower income households.

There is a fresh target to add another 10 million more PMUY beneficiaries to the existing 80 million. This will take the total number of LPG consumers in the country closer to 300 million by March 2022. This new disbursal target was announced by Union finance minister Nirmala