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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | In 8 months, free LPG cylinders to 1.5 crore poor homes

In 8 months, free LPG cylinders to 1.5 crore poor homes

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published Published on Dec 30, 2016   modified Modified on Dec 30, 2016
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The government has given out cooking gas connections free of cost to 1.5 crore poor households under the 'Ujjwala' scheme, achieving the target set for the 2016-17 financial year in eight months on the back of a massive outreach in rural areas.

The scheme was launched on May 1 by PM Narendra Modi at a rally in UP's Ballia district. The scheme envisages providing LPG connection free of cost to 5 crore poor households by 2019.

A provision of Rs 2,000 crore was made in the Budget for providing LPG connection free of cost to 1.5 crore poor households in 2016-17. The Cabinet subsequently had earmarked Rs 8,000 crore for the scheme in March to cover 5 crore such households.

The rapid progress of the scheme, personally being pushed by oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan, has raised the number of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe households with a LPG connection to 35% of the total LPG coverage in the country.

Ujjwala has raised nationally the LPG coverage from 61% as of January this year to 70% as of December 1. India is home to more than 24 crore households, of which about 10 crore still do not have access to LPG as cooking fuel and have to rely on firewood, coal, dung cakes as primary fuel for cooking. Ujjwala also aims at improving health of women in rural households, who still depend on firewood, coal, dung cakes as cooking fuel.

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The Times of India, 30 December, 2016, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/in-8-months-free-lpg-cylinders-to-1-5-crore-poor-homes/articleshow/56246376.cms


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