PRADHAN MANTRI UJJWALA YOJANA (PMUY)

About: 

• Launched in: 2016. 
  
  
• 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. The scheme was launched with the identification from the Socio Economic and Caste Census, but was subsequently expanded to cover all the poor of the country. 
  
  
• 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. 
    
    
  
  
  
• Achievements: 
  • 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). 
    
    
  • The Seven Croreth connection has been released within just 34 months of the scheme’s launch. Nearly 69 thousand connections are being released per day. 
    
    
  • Nearly 42 per cent of the total beneficiaries belong to the SCs and STs.