Explained | Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
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• The government has reduced the number of subsidised LPG cylinders available annually to beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana from nine to four, according to a media report.
• The government continues to modulate the effective price to the consumer for domestic LPG.
• A PMUY beneficiary will additionally receive the direct benefit transfer of Rs 300 a cylinder on the first four refills each year — broadly the average annual consumption of a typical Ujjwala household, about four refills a year.
• Currently, PMUY beneficiaries pay an effective Rs 642 for a 14.2-kg LPG cylinder after subsidy, compared to Rs 942 paid by general consumers in Delhi.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
• Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana was launched with an objective to provide LPG connections to 5 crore women belonging to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families over a period of three years starting from FY 2016-17.
• The scheme was launched on May 1, 2016 in Ballia district in Uttar Pradesh.
• Later, the government decided to increase the target from 5 crore to 8 crore to be achieved by FY 2019-20.
• It further extended the benefit of PMUY to such poor families who have been left out on account of their names not appearing in either the Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) list or 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, island/river island people, tea garden/ex-tea garden workers and poor households.
• Under this scheme, the government provides deposit free LPG connection to the adult woman member of BPL family, which includes, security deposit towards cylinder and pressure regulator, Domestic Gas Consumer Card (DGCC Card), suraksha hose and administrative/installation charges. The government bears an expenditure up to Rs 1,600 for every new connection.
• The target of releasing 8 crore LPG connections under the PMUY scheme was achieved on September 7, 2019, seven months in advance of the target date of March 31, 2020.
Ujjwala 2.0
• In the Union Budget for 2021-22, provision for an additional one crore LPG connection under the scheme was announced.
• Accordingly, the Ujjwala 2.0 was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh on August 10, 2021 to provide additional one crore LPG connections along with free first refill and stove.
• Special provision has been made for migrant families to avail new connections using self declaration as proof of address and family declaration under Ujjwala 2.0.
• The target of one crore additional PMUY connections was achieved in January 2022. Subsequently, the government decided to release 60 lakh more LPG connections and that target was achieved in December 2022.
• Further, the government approved release of additional 75 lakh connections under PMUY scheme which was also achieved by July 2024.
• As on March 1, 2026, there were about 10.56 crore PMUY connections across the country.
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