PRADHAN MANTRI UJJWALA YOJANA (PMUY)

Aug. 4, 2018

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) achieved 5 crore mark after Lok Sabha speaker handed over 5 croreth ‘LPG Connection’ under the scheme.

About PMUY:

Launched in:
Objective: Providing clean-cooking fuel to the poor households, which are otherwise vulnerable to health hazards associated with indoor air pollution.
Target: Initial target was to provide 5 crore free LPG connections to BPL households by March 31, 2019. Since the target has been achieved, the target has been revised to 8 crores.
Coverage: PMUY is under implementation in the all the States/UTs.
Implementation mechanism: It is implemented by Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas through its Oil Marketing Companies (i.e., IOC, BPCL and HPCL) and their distributors network.
Identification of Beneficiaries:
- Beneficiaries are identified through Socio-Economic Caste Census List-2011.
- If names are not covered under SECC list, beneficiaries are identified from 7 categories such as SC/ST households, Most Backward Classes, Forest Dwellers etc.
Recognition: World Health Organisation (WHO) has recognised PMUY as an important step towards addressing the Indoor Air Pollution (which annually causes 10 lakh deaths in India).