Lpg Scheme

New rules from Sept 1 2022: LPG prices, expressway toll taxes and more

New rules are introduced on September 1, Thursday 2022. Banking norms, gas cylinders, insurance premiums and property prices will be impacted. Read this detailed article to know more

Changing how consumers view cooking

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

Remarks on Prophet threaten to fray India's energy ties with Islamic world

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

PMUY 2.0 nears 10 mn LPG connections target, 9.5 mn KYCs already in place

2.3 million connections disbursed between August 10 and September 15

Status check: Free LPG reaches only 50% beneficiaries, shows govt data

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.

Govt changes policy to distribute free cooking gas cylinders: Details here

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.

Low petrol prices, phased rise in LPG rate to bring down subsidy

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

From loans to refills at doorsteps, Ujjwala scheme may get a facelift

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)

As LPG users rise due to PMUY, so do accidents; House panel sounds alarm

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

Three oil PSU cos to distribute 70,000 LPG connections in Gujarat on Apr 20

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

IOC to distribute over 655,000 LPG connections to BPL families in northeast

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

Ujjwala Yojana: Dharmendra Pradhan launches LPG scheme for BPL in Telangana

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

30 mn more free LPG connections for poor by 2020 at 48-bn cost: Pradhan

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

Oil companies to invest Rs 1,260 crore in greenfield UP plants

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

Govt launches 'Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat' to boost PMUY

Pradhan handed over free LPG connection to the beneficiary of PMUY

Fake websites mushroom around PM's flagship LPG scheme

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' ...

30 lakh poor to get LPG connections in Odisha: Dharmendra Pradhan

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

Cabinet gives nod to Rs 8,000 crore rural LPG scheme

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