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Sector watchers say budgetary allocations for LPG subsidy may soon vanish, going the way of kerosene subsidy in the Budget 2021
Hands over cooking gas connections at UP's Mahoba via video conferencing, hits out at earlier regimes in poll-bound state
PMUY 2.0 was announced in the Union budget for financial year 2021-22. There was a provision for an additional 10 million LPG connections under the scheme
Covid-19 related protocols delayed launch of second leg of scheme
Oil companies wait to recover around Rs 4,500 cr from existing PMUY beneficiaries
LPG cylinders consumption has improved amongst Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) customers despite the recent price rise in LPG prices, said Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) on Wednesday
Policy group CEEW says government scheme 'must target poor households' to move to LPG.
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.
Under the package, the government announced free food grains and cash payments to women and poor senior citizens and farmers
Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan package, over 80 million PMUY beneficiaries are eligible to get three free cylinders over the next three months
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)
The report stated that at least 859,000 connections were released to beneficiaries who were minor, according to SECC-2011 data
Distributors say consumers reluctant to accept cylinders not booked by them
Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) will engage more than 10,000 rural women as "Ujjwala Didis" to act as grassroot energy ambassadors across Odisha to ensure sustainability of LPG use. "More than 10,000 Ujjwala Didis have been identified who will act as grassroot energy ambassadors all over Odisha," Chief General Manager, IOCL & SLC Oil Industry, Odisha, Subhajit Ghosh told reporters here. He said Ujjwala Didis will act as a bridge between existing and prospective LPG consumers and the distributors in the state, which saw phenomenal growth in LPG households from 20 lakh in 2014 to almost 78 lakh in February, 2019. Their positive intervention into the rural domestic energy ecosystem and distribution network help all in ease of booking for refill, issuance of new connections and sustainable use of energy. Noting that Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) has contributed to LPG growth in Odisha almost singlehandedly, he said PMUY was launched in Odisha on June 20, 2016 and ..
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During the recent 'Gram Swaraj Yojna', 1.1 million people received LPG connection in one day, he said, adding more and more people are joining the list of its beneficiaries
The scheme, conceptualized by petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan, kicked off on May 1, 2016 at Ballia district in UP