Takers for 5-kg cooking gas cylinders rise as Ujjwala gains steam

Based on the data available with OMCs, nearly 86 per cent of PMUY beneficiaries with at least one-year-old connections have returned for second refill, without adding the 5 kg cylinders

In an effort to solve the issue of low refills among Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) consumers, the government is going aggressively promoting the option to swap 5 kg cooking gas cylinder with the normal 14.2 kg cylinders.

Based on an estimate by oil marketing companies, since its inclusion in Ujjwala scheme, around 9.2 per cent of 5 kg refills of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) were recorded last week. Based on an estimate by oil marketing companies (OMCs), of the 1,329,806 refills of 5 kg sold since its pan-Indian inception, about 122,332 were sold in the first week of August this