Page 2 - Ujjwala Scheme

90% cylinders given under Ujjwala scheme in disuse: Priyanka Gandhi

Priyanka Gandhi attacked the government over the issue of high prices of cooking gas and said govt give subsidy to the poor and reduce inflation

PM Modi launches Ujjwala 2.0 for providing free LPG connections

After the formal launch, the prime minister distributed free gas connections to 10 women virtually.

PM Modi to launch Ujjwala 2.0 on Aug 10, hand over LPG connections in UP

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

PM Modi to launch Ujjwala 2.0 on August 10 in UP, will hand LPG connections

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana - PMUY) by handing over LPG connections at Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh on August 10.

Centre seeks legal opinion to let BPCL sell subsidised LPG after stake sale

Currently, BPCL has more than 8.4 crore domestic LPG customers, including 2.1 crore Ujjwala customers.

Power play

The sector needs urgent pricing reforms

Next leg of Ujjwala to kick off in May; Centre to focus on affordability

Five years after its launch, the scheme seems to have run into a fresh problem: affordability

Subsidised, non-subsidised LPG price hiked by Rs 25 per cylinder

The hike also applies to Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries

Status check: Free LPG reaches only 50% beneficiaries, shows govt data

Though the government expected an outgo of Rs 13,500 crore with respect to the scheme, only Rs 9,710 crore was transferred directly into the bank accounts of Ujjwala beneficiaries, as of June 30.

Affordable housing to free foodgrains, Cabinet approves key announcements

The Cabinet also approved the Centre's increased contribution for both employees and employers share (to 12 per cent from 10 per cent) under the Employees' Provident Fund for another 3 months

Coronavirus outbreak: Few takers for free LPG cylinders in lockdown

Assuming that each of these 68 million cylinders has gone against one connection, the lockdown relief from the government could not reach 12.3 million families with Ujjwala connections

Need for more

Relief for the poor is welcome, but only a beginning

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)

Oil ministry wants more funds to get Ujjwala scheme back on track

Currently, there are 24,127 LPG distributors in India.

Make cooking gas cheaper for poor, remove subsidy for rich: Study

By distributing 73 million connections (as on July 14, 2019), the Ujjwala scheme has met 91.25% of its target of 80 million connections to poor households by 2020

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

Distribution handicaps a hurdle for Centre's LPG Ujjwala scheme

After the success of PMUY, LPG coverage in India increased from 56% in 2014 to 94.3% by April 2019

In second term, Narendra Modi shifts to 5th gear for Ujjwala scheme

Under Modi 2.0, this is priority and officials have identified at least 10 districts with the lowest average refill rate of below two a year