LPG Scheme

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During the pandemic, with kids locked up, moms and dads learnt how to cook up new dishes watching shows like the Amul Live Recipe

West Asia is also India's biggest supplier of LPG, the fuel that is used in kitchens. India imported 48 million tonnes, or 58 per cent of the fuel used in the last three fiscals

2.3 million connections disbursed between August 10 and September 15

Though the government expected an outgo of Rs 13,500 crore with respect to the scheme, only Rs 9,710 crore was transferred directly into the bank accounts of Ujjwala beneficiaries, as of June 30.

Earlier, beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) were entitled to three free liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders effective April 1 to June 30 this year.

Analysts say the subsidy burden on both LPG and kerosene is likely to be around Rs 35,000 crore

This is among a slew of measures to be introduced by oil marketing companies to boost the number of refills under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)

In 2017-18 alone, LPG blasts claimed more than 260 lives in India

Around 15,000 'LPG panchayats' will be held across the country under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

Under this initiative, the government will give the deposit money on behalf of the beneficiaries

Pradhan also said by the next year-end, over 2 million new gas connections will be provided in the state

Already, 33.6 million connections have been given under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

UP which earlier had about 16.7 mn LPG connections, witnessed a release of over 6 mn new LPG connections under Ujjwala

Pradhan handed over free LPG connection to the beneficiary of PMUY

Late last year, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas got a complaint from Satyendra Kumar, a resident of Uttar Pradesh. He claimed he had paid ~5 lakh to get a distributorship of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) through a website. It was then that the ministry started keeping an eye on the unofficial clones of the PMUY website, giving information and offering cylinders under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship scheme. According to officials, there exists at least half a dozen fake sites, masquerading as PMUY websites, which even come out with advertisements to collect money. The government has been forced to brand www.pmujjwalayojana.com as the "official" site and has approached the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY) to block the fake ones. "A website http://ujjwalargglvy.com was one of these, which started collecting money for the distributorship and used the emblems of the government's 'Give it up' ...

Connections would be provided to poor under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

According to experts, having an open fire in the kitchen is like burning 400 cigarettes an hour, Arun Jaitley said