Uttar Pradesh
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
- 26 Aug 2021
- 2 min read
Why in News
- Recently Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath distributed free LPG connections to the beneficiaries under the second phase of 'Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana'.
Key Points
- Earlier on August 10, 2021 the second phase of 'Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana' was launched by the Prime Minister from Mahoba district of the state. Under this, a total of 1 crore free LPG connections will be provided to poor and needy families in the country.
- For the second phase of 'Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana', 10 districts of the state - Sonbhadra, Banda, Mahoba, Chitrakoot, Rae Bareilly, Hardoi, Badaun, Amethi, Fatehpur and Farrukhabad have been selected. Free LPG connections will be provided to 20 lakh beneficiaries of these districts.
- Under the first phase of 'Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana', free LPG connections have been provided to more than 8 crore families of the country. In Uttar Pradesh 1.47 crore families have been benefited by the scheme. This number is the highest in the entire country.
- In the second phase of 'Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana', special provisions have been made for those migrant workers, who were deprived of getting the benefit of the scheme due to lack of proof of address in the first phase of 'Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana'.
- It is worth mentioning that under the 'Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana', the target was to provide free LPG connections to 8 crore underprivileged families by March 2020, which was achieved 7 months ago in September 2019.
