The price reduction for LPG cylinders under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) amounts to Rs 400. This is because PMUY beneficiaries already get a subsidy of Rs 200 per cylinder. With the additional price reduction of Rs 200, the effective price for PMUY beneficiaries will be Rs 700 per cylinder.
On Tuesday (August 28), the Indian government announced a price reduction of at least Rs 200 for a 14 kg LPG cylinder. The effective price of an LPG cylinder for Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries will be Rs 700, after a price cut of Rs 200 and a subsidy of Rs 200. For consumers who are not beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme, the effective price will be Rs 900, after a price cut of Rs 200.
The government has announced that it will provide 75 lakh new LPG connections for free to clear the backlog of applications under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). This will increase the number of PMUY beneficiaries to 10.35 crore.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries already receive an Rs 200 subsidy on LPG cylinders. The recent price reduction of Rs 200 will further benefit these beneficiaries, bringing the effective price of an LPG cylinder down to Rs 700 per cylinder. This is a total subsidy of Rs 400 per cylinder for PMUY beneficiaries.
While making the announcement, Thakur said that Prime Minister Modi has consistently made decisions that support women and their empowerment since 2014. He added that over 9.6 crore women have benefited from the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), a government scheme that provides LPG connections to poor households.
Anurag Thakur announced that 75 lakh new LPG connections will be set up free of cost under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) on the occasion of Onam and the eve of Raksha Bandhan. He said that this is a gift from the Prime Minister to women and that the connections will be provided to them free of cost.
The Ujjwala Yojana aims to replace traditional cooking methods that use solid fuels like wood, coal and biomass with the safer and cleaner alternative of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).