Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
No State/UT wise target was fixed under PMUY Scheme
LPG connection is released in the name of adult woman of the poor family
Special Provision has been made for Migrant Families to avail new connection using Self-Declaration instead of Proof of Address
Posted On:
03 FEB 2022 5:24PM by PIB Delhi
The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today informed that the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) Phase-I was launched on 01.05.2016 to provide 8 crore deposit free LPG connections to poor households. The target of the Scheme was achieved in September, 2019. Ujjwala 2.0 was launched on 10.08.2021 to release 1 crore deposit free LPG connection on pan India basis, in addition to 8 crore LPG connections already released under PMUY Phase-I. Under Ujjwala 2.0, the beneficiaries are given deposit free LPG connection alongwith free first refill and stove. LPG connection is released in the name of adult woman of the poor family, subject to the condition that no LPG connection exists in the name of any family member of the household and fulfilling other terms and conditions. The beneficiaries are identified either from Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) list or from seven other identified categories such as Scheduled Caste (SC) Households, Scheduled Tribe(ST) Households, Most Backward Classes (MBC), beneficiaries of PM Awas Yojana (Gramin), beneficiaries of Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY), Forest Dwellers, Resident of islands/ river islands, Tea garden / ex-tea garden workers or Poor households not covered under the above categories. Special Provision has been made for Migrant Families to avail new connection using Self-Declaration instead of Proof of Address (PoA) and Ration Card (RC). Connection is taken as 14.2kg Single Bottle Connection (SBC)/ 5kg SBC/ 5kg Double Bottle Connection (DBC).
No State/UT wise target was fixed under PMUY Scheme. The details of LPG connections released as on 01.01.2022 under PMUY in the States of Rajasthan and West Bengal are as under:-
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State
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No. of connections released
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Rajasthan
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66.11 Lakh
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West Bengal
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108.98 lakh
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In January 2022, the Government has, extended the Scheme to release additional 60 lakh LPG connections under Ujjwala 2.0 on existing modalities.
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