PM Ujjwala Yojana(PMUY)
Scheme
India is home to more than 24 Crore households out of which
about 10 Crore households are still deprived of LPG as cooking fuel and have to
rely on firewood, coal, dung – cakes etc. as primary source of cooking. The
smoke from burning such fuels causes alarming household pollution and adversely
affects the health of Women & children causing several respiratory
diseases/ disorders. As per a WHO report, smoke inhaled by women from unclean
fuel is equivalent to burning 400 cigarettes in an hour. In addition, women and
children have to go through the drudgery of collecting firewood.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) aims to safeguard the
health of women & children by providing them with a clean cooking fuel –
LPG, so that they don’t have to compromise their health in smoky kitchens or
wander in unsafe areas collecting firewood.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana was launched by Hon’ble Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi on May 1st, 2016 in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. Under
this scheme, 5 Cr LPG connections will be provided to BPL families with a
support of Rs.1600 per connection in the next 3 years. Ensuring women’s
empowerment, especially in rural India, the connections will be issued in the
name of women of the households. Rs. 8000 Cr. has been allocated towards the
implementation of the scheme. Identification of the BPL families will be done
through Socio Economic Caste Census Data.
PMUY is likely to result in an additional employment of
around 1 Lakh and provide business opportunity of at least Rs. 10,000 Cr. over
the next 3 Years to the Indian Industry. Launch of this scheme will also
provide a great boost to the ‘Make in India’ campaign as all the manufacturers
of cylinders, gas stoves, regulators, and gas hose are domestic.
The launch of PMUY in Ballia was followed by launch of the
scheme in Dahod in Gujarat by Petroleum
Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan & BJP President Shri Amit Shah. PMUY has
also been launched in several districts in UP & Bihar.
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