Ujjwala Scheme

Ujjwala Scheme

Subject – Government Schemes

Context – In India, many women in poor households who use firewood or dung cakes for cooking spend long hours collecting firewood and making dung cakes. This is drudgery.

Concept –

• Prime Minister launched the second phase of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) or Ujjwala 2.0 Scheme.
• PMUY-I – Launched in May 2016 to provide LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) connections to poor households.
• PMUY-II:
  • It is aimed to provide maximum benefit to the migrants who live in other states and find it difficult to submit address proof.
  • Now they will only have to give “Self Declaration” to avail the benefit.
• The scheme provides a financial support of Rs 1600 for each LPG connection to the BPL households.
• Along with a deposit-free LPG connection, Ujjwala 2.0 will provide the first refill and a hotplate free of cost to the beneficiaries.
• Under Ujjwala 2.0, an additional 10 million LPG connections will be provided to the beneficiaries.
• Government has also fixed a target of providing piped gas to 21 lakh homes in 50 districts.
• Nodal Ministry – Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG).