Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY, translation: Prime Minister's Lighting Scheme) was launched by
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 1 May 2016 to distribute 50 million LPG connections to women of
Below Poverty Line
Below Poverty Line is a benchmark used by the government of India to indicate economic disadvantage and to identify individuals and households in need of government assistance and aid. It is determined using various parameters which vary from s ...
(BPL) families. A budgetary allocation of was made for the scheme.
Overview
In the first year of its launch, the connections distributed were 22 million against the target of 15 million. As of 23 October 2017, 30 million connections were distributed, 44% of which were given to families belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. The number crossed 58 million by December 2018.
In 2018 Union Budget of India, its scope was widened to include 80 million poor households. 21,000 awareness camps were conducted by oil marketing companies (OMC).
The scheme led to an increase in LPG consumption by 56% in 2019 as compared to 2014.
The highly popular scheme has benefited over 14.6 million BPL families in Uttar Pradesh, 8.8 million in West Bengal, 8.5 million in Bihar, 7.1 million in Madhya Pradesh and 6.3 million in Rajasthan.
In the Union Budget of 2021-2022, the government announced that 1 crore more connections will be provided under this scheme.
At the 107th
Indian Science Congress
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held in January 2020 in
Bengaluru
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, Narendra Modi declared that technology has helped India "in recognizing the 8 crore
0 millionwomen who were still using coal or wood for cooking" and also "in understanding how many new distribution centres must be built, via the help of technology".
The National Family Health Surveys demonstrate significant improvement in access to
cleaner cooking fuels due to PMUY. Yearly growth in access to cleaner fuel accelerated around 2015 and increased by almost seven times, from 0.8% in rural areas before 2015 to 5.6% after.
See also
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DigiLocker
DigiLocker is an Indian digitization online service provided by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India under its Digital India initiative. DigiLocker provides an account in cloud to every Aadhaar holder ...
(easier access to online identity proof and services)
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Har ghar jal
Har Ghar Jal (translation: ''Water To Every Household'') is a scheme initiated by the Ministry of Jal Shakti of Government of India under Jal Jeevan Mission in 2019 with the aim to provide tap water to every rural household by 2024.
History ...
(water connection for each house)
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Ration card (India)
Ration cards are an official document issued by state governments in India to households that are eligible to purchase subsidised food grain from the Public Distribution System under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). They also serve as a ...
(food security card)
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Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (affordable housing for all)
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Saubhagya scheme
Saubhagya Scheme or Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana was an Indian government project to provide electricity to the households. The project was announced in September 2017 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said that the aim was to ...
(electrification of all houses)
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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (toilet for all houses)
References
External links
Official Website
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Projects established in 2016
Narendra Modi
Modi administration initiatives
Government schemes in India
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