In the national budget for the year 2021, 1 crore people have been asked to provide free LPG gas connections under the Ujjwala scheme. This will especially benefit a lot of rural women.

Explain that under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, free LPG gas connections are given to the people of BPL category. It is targeted to provide free LPG connections to about 8 crore families through this scheme.

The Ujjwala scheme is run in collaboration with the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of the Central Government. The government started the scheme on 1 May 2016 from Ballia in Uttar Pradesh.

Source: Patrika

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