Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

Fertiliser, food subsidies, payments to OMCs for LPG dominated supplementary demand

The PAHAL scheme, launched in 2013, is aimed at reduce diversion and eliminate duplicate or bogus LPG connections

Finance Minister Sitharaman had said on May 21 that fertiliser subsidy would require an additional outlay of Rs 1.10 trillion over and above the budgeted amount, taking the outlay to Rs 2.15 trillion

India needs deeper fiscal reforms

The impact of Saturday's excise duty cuts will be Rs 1 trillion for a year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said

Tax cuts will not lower inflation significantly

The oil ministry also said that framework for across counter sale of non-subsidised LPG connections and portability of domestic LPG connections among oil marketing companies has improved

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas had introduced PMUY as a flagship scheme with an objective to make LPG available to the rural and deprived households

Oil Ministry will get approvals to go beyond Budgeted target

Five years after its launch, the scheme seems to have run into a fresh problem: affordability

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At the price of Rs 819, LPG refills beyond the reach of most PMUY beneficiaries.

But never have I been so thankful for my decision to quit my life in Mumbai and shift to Santiniketan as I have been in these times of the coronavirus

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)

Prices of onion in many places have crossed Rs 100 per kg

After the success of PMUY, LPG coverage in India increased from 56% in 2014 to 94.3% by April 2019

Ujjwala can be translated to mean bright

In a first, forest departments will be given LPG dealerships on nomination basis

A sum of Rs 62 cr has already been released by the mineral body

Centre claims to have saved money by targeted coverage but critics say system isn't yet foolproof