Rs 450 Gas Cylinders to Ladli Behna Beneficiaries

• 31 Jul 2024

Why in News?

The Madhya Pradesh government announced that beneficiaries of the Ladli Behna scheme will receive gas cylinders at a subsidized rate of Rs 450 throughout the year.

Key Points

• Scheme Background: The Ladli Behna scheme was initially launched by former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
• Beneficiaries: This subsidy is aimed at women beneficiaries, particularly those under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY).
  • Beneficiaries will receive Rs 250 for the Rakhi festival.
  • In a written response to the Rajya Sabha, the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas stated that the central government is providing a targeted subsidy of Rs 200 per 14.2 kg LPG cylinder for beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), applicable for up to 12 refills per year.
  • The Centre increased the targeted subsidy to Rs. 300 per 14.2 Kg LPG cylinder for all Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries.

What is Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)?

• About:
  • The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOPNG), introduced the ‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana’ (PMUY) as a flagship scheme with the objective of making clean cooking fuel such as LPG available to the rural and deprived households which were otherwise using traditional cooking fuels such as firewood, coal, cow-dung cakes etc.
    • Usage of traditional cooking fuels had detrimental impacts on the health of rural women as well as on the environment.
• Objectives:
  • Empowering women and protecting their health.
  • Reducing the number of deaths in India due to unclean cooking fuel.
  • Preventing young children from a significant number of acute respiratory illnesses caused due to indoor air pollution by burning fossil fuel.