Pmuy

Centre allocates Rs 1,650 cr to extend PMUY for 7.5 million LPG connections

Beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana will also receive the first refill and a stove free of cost

Growth in per capita consumption under PMUY rises to 3.71 in FY22-23

During 2022-2023, 88% of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) households have taken the refills

LPG cylinder refills by PMUY beneficiaries woefully inadequate, shows data

More than 95.8 million gas connections have been released under PMUY as of February 2, 2023, reveals data available on the official PMUY website

Rupee fall likely to hit govt finances with ballooning subsidy bill

The finance ministry has hinted that India's fertiliser subsidy bill for 2022-23 (FY23) could rise to around Rs 2.5 trillion against Budget Estimates (BE) of Rs 1.05 trillion

PSU oil companies yet to recover about Rs 4,000 cr from PMUY beneficiaries

Companies may end up booking this amount as a loss or a customer acquisition cost

PMUY beneficiaries may continue using around three cylinders a year

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas had introduced PMUY as a flagship scheme with an objective to make LPG available to the rural and deprived households

Ujjwala 2.0 target saturated as connection requests top 10 million

Oil Ministry will get approvals to go beyond Budgeted target

PMUY 2.0 nears 10 mn LPG connections target, 9.5 mn KYCs already in place

2.3 million connections disbursed between August 10 and September 15

Domestic, commercial LPG cylinder prices hiked as crude prices rise

Prices were hiked thrice in February itself and then once on March 1.

LPG consumption up 7.3% despite price rise: Oil companies

Usage among the PMUY beneficiaries, who are mostly poor rural households, jumped near 20 per cent

Unlock 1.0: LPG gas price hiked by Rs 11.50 in Delhi; check details

This comes at a time when a large number of businesses are expected to resume work in the coming week.

Speed up delivery of free cylinders to PMUY beneficiaries: Pradhan

Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan package, over 80 million PMUY beneficiaries are eligible to get three free cylinders over the next three months

From loans to refills at doorsteps, Ujjwala scheme may get a facelift

This is among a slew of measures to be introduced by oil marketing companies to boost the number of refills under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)

HPCL takes to LPG auto-booking of cylinders to fuel refill demand

Distributors say consumers reluctant to accept cylinders not booked by them

Unclear subsidies under PMUY balloon, tech glitches block payments

At the same time, the rising international fuel prices had added to the government subsidy burden

Hope versus hype

The government must make some course corrections before scaling up the PMUY beneficiary target

Cooking gas scheme invites sparks from poll panel

The Election Commission has sought a clarification from many LPG dealers in five poll-bound states

PMUY may cross 20-mn mark this financial year

Spending on LPG scheme has shot up by Rs 500 cr in the Revised Estimates from the budgeted Rs 2,000 cr

PMUY to be launched in Jammu and Kashmir on September 28

Separate functions will be organised in Srinagar and Jammu on the same day to distribute free LPG connections under the scheme

OMCs provide 0.2 million LPG connections in Odisha under PMUY

LPG penetration in Odisha is around 40% compared to the national average of 64%