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New Delhi : The Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on January 2, 2019, handed over 6 croreth LPG connection under Pradhan MantriUjjwalaYojana (PMUY) to Jasmina Khatoon from Shivpark, Khanpur, Delhi. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan was present on the occasion. Many other beneficiaries were also provided with the connection under the scheme.
Naidu acknowledging the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and guidance of Dharmendra Pradhan, appreciated the collective efforts of the officials of Ministry and the Oil Marketing Companies in achieving the target of 6 crore. Describing it as a momentous occasion, he said that PMUY endeavours to fulfill the dream of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi to benefit the poor persons, the persons in the last row of the society.
Naidu said that Indian economy is striving fast to become 3rd largest economy of the world, and the schemes like PMUY deal with the social aspect of the growth story, by its inclusiveness. He said that the Prime Minister has called for ‘Reform, Perform and Transform’ and this initiative of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is a giant step in transforming the lives of the people. The Vice President described it as revolution in peaceful manner.
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan said that in the fifty years since the launch of LPG, only 13 crore connections were provided while in the last 54 months, almost similar number of connections have been provided by this government. He said that the coverage of LPG connections has jumped from 55% in 2014 to 90% now. He said that almost 80% beneficiaries under the PMUY have been refilling the cylinders.
In order to provide clean cooking fuel to BPL households in the country, the Government has launched “Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana”(PMUY) scheme to provide 5 crore deposit-free LPG connections to women belonging to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families, which were subsequently increased to 8 crore with a budgetary allocation of Rs 12,800 crore. The initial target of 5 crore connections was achieved well before the target of March 31, 2019. Implementation of PMUY has resulted in significant increase in national LPG coverage in general and Eastern States, in particular. The scheme has resulted in mass coverage of rural poor households and 48% of the beneficiaries are SC/STs.
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