Ujjwala Yojana News
As the BJP echoes slogans like “Nari Shakti,” its leadership table remains conspicuously male-dominated. Despite high-profile initiatives celebrating women, the party’s most powerful committees and ministerial line-ups continue to exclude prominent female faces.
All PMUY beneficiaries are eligible to avail of the targeted subsidy scheme.
Modi government has taken a big decision on gas cylinders. While making the announcement, Union Minister Anurag Thakur gave this good news to the Ujjwala beneficiaries. Subsidy on gas cylinders has been increased for Ujjwala beneficiaries. Now this discount has been increased from Rs 200 to Rs 300. This cylinder will now be available for Rs 600.
The Centre has slashed the prices of cooking gas by ₹200 per cylinder for all domestic consumers during the Union cabinet meeting on Tuesday. The cabinet has approved additional subsidy under the Ujjwala scheme. The additional subsidy is ₹200. Now subsidy will be ₹400 per cylinder for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries.
Many big decisions were taken today in the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Modi. It has been decided to extend the Ujjwala Yojana for one year. This will benefit 9.6 crore mothers and sisters of the country. Under this scheme, 12 gas cylinders are distributed in a year. There is a subsidy benefit of Rs 200 on every cylinder.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a subsidy of Rs 200 per 14.2 kg cylinder for up to 12 refills per year to be provided to the beneficiaries of PMUY, I&B Minister Anurag Thakur told reporters.
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Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched on 1 May 2016 by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi to distribute 50 million LPG connections to women from Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. A budgetary allocation of ₹80 billion was made for the scheme.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched Ujjwala Yojana-2.0. Under this scheme, the facility of cooking gas is provided to the economically weaker sections. During this, he also interacted with the beneficiaries through video conferencing.
Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday attended Pradhan Matri LPG Panchayat programme in Bhubaneswar.
President Ram Nath Kovind today said the 'Ujjwala Yojana' being run by the government is a step towards women's empowerment.
The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana launched in May 2016 with a target to give 5 crore LPG connections to poor women in three years.
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