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8th March 2024 (12 Topics)

Centre extends Ujjwala subsidy

Context

The Centre announced the extension of Rs 300 per LPG cylinder subsidy to poor women under the Ujjwala Yojana for the next fiscal starting April 1. 

About

About the Scheme

  • Launched in: 2016
  • To make Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), a clean cooking fuel, available to rural and deprived poor households, the government launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) to provide deposit-free LPG connections to adult women of poor households.
  • While the connection was provided for free, the beneficiaries had to purchase LPG refills at market price.
  • Beneficiaries: Adult women of poor households.

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