Ujjwala 2.0

Ujjwala 2.0

Subject: Government Schemes

Context: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched the second phase of the Ujjwala gas connection scheme for the poor, and said that it would provide the biggest relief to lakhs of migrant worker families in the country.

Concept:

• Under the scheme, an adult woman belonging to a poor family not having LPG connection in her household, is an eligible beneficiary under the expanded scheme. It is to provide LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) connections to poor households.
• A deposit-free LPG connection is given to the eligible household with financial assistance of Rs 1,600 per connection by the Centre.
• Release of LPG connection under this Scheme shall be in the name of the women belonging to the BPL family.
• The scheme will cover BPL families under all forms of distributorship and for various sizes of cylinders (like 14.2 kg, 5 kg, etc.) depending on f the field situation.
• The connection shall be issued by the OMC to the eligible beneficiaries by matching with SECC – 2011 database
• LPG infrastructure has expanded manifold in the country due to the Ujjwala scheme.
• In the last six years, more than 11,000 new LPG distribution centres have opened across the country.
• The LPG coverage in India is now very close to becoming 100 per cent.
• Under Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana), migrant workers would no longer have to struggle to get address proof documents to get the gas connections.
• Only self-declaration Now migrant workers would only be required to submit a self-declaration of their residential address to get the gas connection