Vice President Mr. M. Venkaiah Naidu handed over 6
croreth LPG connection under Pradhan MantriUjjwalaYojana (PMUY) to Smt Jasmina
Khatoon from Shivpark, Khanpur, Delhi.
Vice President acknowledged the vision of Prime
Minister Mr. Narendra Modi and guidance of Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan, appreciated
the collective efforts of the officials of Ministry and the Oil Marketing
Companies in achieving the target of 6 crore. Describing it as amomentous
occasion, he said that PMUY endeavors to fulfill the dream of the Father of the
Nation Mahatma Gandhi to benefit the poor persons, the persons in the last row
of the society.
In order to provide clean cooking fuel to BPL
households in the country, the Government has launched “Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala
Yojana”(PMUY) scheme to provide 5 Crore deposit-free LPG connections to women
belonging to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families, which were subsequently
increased to 8 Crore with a budgetary allocation of Rs. 12800 crore.
Universal PMUY now covers release of LPG
connections under Pradhan MantriUjjwalaYojana (PMUY) to all poor on account of
their names not been covered in earlier identified categories like identified
through Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) list and in case the names are not
appearing in the SECC list, beneficiaries are identified from categories i.e.
SC/STs households, beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY (Gramin),
Antodaya Anna Yojana (AAY), Forest dwellers, Most backward Classes (MBC), Tea
& Ex-Tea Garden Tribes and people residing in Islands/ river islands.The
initial target of 5 crore connections was achieved well before the target i.e.March
31, 2019.
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