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Free Ujjwala refills to benefit both communities: Yogi

₹1,890 crore subsidy for gas cylinder refills distributed to 1.86 crore eligible families in Uttar Pradesh

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath with deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak during the distribution of LPG cylinder refill subsidy to beneficiaries under the 'Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana', in Lucknow. (PTI)

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Published on Mar 12, 2025 09:59 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow:

A new era of women’s empowerment

This article is authored by Priyal Bhardwaj, general secretary, Mahila Morcha, Bharatiya Janata Party, New Delhi.

PM Narendra Modi interacts with beneficiaries of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme. (PTI)

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Published on Mar 08, 2025 04:24 PM IST

ByPriyal Bhardwaj

UP sanctions ₹550 cr for free LPG refill to PMUY beneficiaries

Cylinders scheduled to be distributed between October and December 2024; around 75 lakh beneficiaries unverified and may not be able to avail the benefit unless they complete their KYC .

This move is part of the state government’s pre-poll promise to offer two free refills annually — one for Holi and one for Diwali. (Pic for representation)

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Updated on Oct 30, 2024 08:36 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Haryana to provide LPG cylinders at ₹500 to PM Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, who was in Jind to attend a state-level “Hariyali Teej” function, announced “interest-free loans” to the tune of ₹100 crore to empower women in self-help groups, an official spokesperson said

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini during a state-level event in Jind on Thursday. (PTI)

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Updated on Aug 08, 2024 05:50 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Ujjwala Yojna: Unverified details cost 58% beneficiaries free refills

In the first phase, on Diwali, only 77.18 lakh of the 1.75 crore beneficiaries avail the scheme, while in the second phase, on Holi, 74.81 lakh receive a free refill.

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Updated on Aug 08, 2024 05:02 AM IST

ByBrajendra K Parashar

Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries in Haryana to receive gas cylinders for ₹500: CM Saini

Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries in Haryana to receive gas cylinders for <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>500: CM Saini

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Published on Aug 07, 2024 10:46 PM IST

PTI |

State-run oil firms fulfil 94% of goal to provide free LPG connections

State-run oil companies have already distributed over 94% of the 7.5 million free cooking gas connections it was to deliver to poor households following a September 2023 Cabinet decision -- way ahead of the envisaged deadline of March 31, 2026 -- two officials aware of the matter said.

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Updated on Mar 14, 2024 08:56 AM IST

ByRajeev Jayaswal, New Delhi

Centre ‘nudges’ petrol pumps to put 'Modi ki Guarantee' hoardings: Report

The decision to put up the 'Modi ki Guarantee' hoardings has been taken on an informal "nudge" from the ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

PM Modi giving cylinder to the beneficiaries of government's flagship scheme, Ujjwala Yojana(File image)

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Published on Mar 05, 2024 09:26 AM IST

ByShobhit Gupta

Gang dupes Delhi councillor, 600 families over LPG scheme

The Paharganj councillor did not know that the Centre’s LPG scheme that the fraudster claimed to be implementing does not include distribution of sewing machines

Delhi Police officials said BJP councillor Manish Chadha was approached by a man who posed as an official from the rural development ministry. (Representational image)

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Updated on Feb 27, 2024 05:22 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

PM’s surprise visit to Ujjwala beneficiary

The Ujjwala scheme was implemented in May 2016 to provide LPG connection to women belonging to below poverty line families

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the house of an Ujjwala Yojana beneficiary, in Ayodhya (PTI)

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Updated on Dec 31, 2023 06:32 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi

'Gave unprecedented benefit to women': PM Modi launches Ujjwala scheme 2.0

Ujjwala 2.0, as the second phase of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) is known, was launched virtually in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba.

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Published on Aug 10, 2021 01:07 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com, New Delhi

PM Modi to launch Ujjwala Yojana 2.0 today: All you need to know about scheme

Ujjwala 2.0 will kick off with beneficiaries from Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba receiving LPG cylinder connections.

Image used only for representative purpose

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Published on Aug 10, 2021 08:58 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Written by Karan Manral, New Delhi

PM Modi to launch Ujjwala scheme 2.0 today

The beneficiaries will receive LPG gas cylinder connections. The launch will take place virtually from Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba at 12:30pm.

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Published on Aug 10, 2021 05:56 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Written by Karan Manral, New Delhi

Ujjwala scheme 2.0 beneficiaries to get free stove, refill

According to officials, under Ujjwala scheme 2.0, the Union government will distribute about 10 million gas connections this financial year to the poor along with a free refill and a stove

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Updated on Aug 09, 2021 05:09 AM IST

ByRajeev Jayaswal, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Questions remain over success of LPG scheme

The PMUY scheme was aimed at achieving a shift from polluting to cleaner methods of cooking. It has overshot its target of giving 80 million free LPG connections.

A man pushes a cart filled with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders on a street painted with circles in Mumbai.(REUTERS)

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Updated on Aug 26, 2020 12:25 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByVijdan Mohammad Kawoosa

Every idea should be open to critique, even religion: Sona Mohapatra

Singer Sona Mohapatra lists the changes she’d like see in the country on the eve of its 74th Independence Day

Mohapatra feels women’s right to public spaces is of grave seriousness and that the society needs to work together to give them that freedom

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Updated on Aug 14, 2020 06:01 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByNavneet Vyasan

To counter the Covid-19 pandemic, bring more poor into the LPG net

The use of LPG brings direct health benefits. Air pollution exposure from biomass cooking fires increases the risk and severity of infection, a harmful situation particularly during the Covid-19 spread

With uncertainty all around us, ensuring free LPG takes at least one important burden off people’s plates(PTI)

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Updated on May 06, 2020 06:50 AM IST

ByKirk R Smith

How the humble LPG cylinder is changing lives of rural women

In a nutshell, the Ujjwala scheme is heralding “The Blue Flame Revolution”. It is impacting the lives of poor rural women by empowering and allowing them leisure time which they rightfully deserve.

Beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana at Parliament house, New Delhi, August 3, 2018(Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Oct 10, 2019 05:14 PM IST

ByVijayashree Yellappa

Dharmendra Pradhan gets Petroleum and Natural Gas, Steel ministries

Under Pradhan’s watch, BJP put up a creditable performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Odisha, winning 8 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats.

Pradhan played a key role in the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana ,a scheme of distribution of gas cylinders to women who are below the poverty line, and living in rural areas.(HT File Photo)

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Published on May 31, 2019 03:27 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

Clean air goals can be met by avoiding biomass, says study

Cutting household emissions completely would bring down the national PM 2.5 concentration to 38 micrograms per cubic metre from 55.1 micrograms per cubic metre in 2015.

The study cautions that in a “slow progress” scenario, where clean fuel is not used and only 25% of the household emissions are curbed(Hindustan File Photo)

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Published on Apr 20, 2019 07:00 AM IST

New Delhi | ByJayashree Nandi

Centre may boost subsidy on refilling cooking gas under Ujjwala scheme

Ujjwala subscribers don’t receive any extra subsidy for refilling their gas canisters beyond the normal discount of around ₹217 per refill per month.

The Centre may consider a higher subsidy for families refilling cooking gas cylinders under its welfare scheme Ujjwala, which offers free cooking gas connections to poor households.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Apr 18, 2019 07:47 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | BySaubhadra Chatterji

We need better reporting of household air pollution

It is vital to institutionalise effective mechanisms for reporting of air pollution-related disease burden at last mile locations

To realise India’s voluntary commitment as part of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the Bharatiya Janata Party government introduced the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, which aims at provisioning cleaner liquefied petroleum gas cylinders to poor households(Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Dec 12, 2018 04:35 PM IST

ByMartand Shardul

Ujjwala Scheme: Firing on all cylinders but losing spark over high dropout rate

Twenty-six months after its launch from Ballia in UP, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), which promised to rid rural women of the drudgery of smoky kitchens by providing LPG connections, appears to have fallen short in achieving its objective despite meeting the targets.

According to officials, more than one-third of the beneficiaries have not turned up for a refill in UP after free LPG connections were given to them.(Mint)

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Published on Sep 07, 2018 02:48 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Lucknow | ByBrajendra K Parashar, Lucknow

Ujjwala scheme: Families feel LPG refill pinch, go back to cooking with wood

When beneficiaries of 12 welfare schemes interact with PM Narendra Modi in Jaipur on Saturday, probably such families will not be in the crowd

Despite getting an LPG connection under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in June 2016, Hansa, at Sitarampura village in Jaipur, is back to stoking the fire in her earthen stove for cooking as she could afford only one refill in two years.(Himanshu Vyas/HT Photos)

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Updated on Jul 06, 2018 09:21 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jaipur | ByJaykishan Sharma

PM Modi calls council of ministers meeting on June 13

The meeting of the Council of Ministers is being held after a gap of seven months.

PM Modi will review the progress of the NDA government’s flagship schemes(AFP)

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Published on Jun 11, 2018 03:13 PM IST

Press Trust of India, New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

The NDA government’s Ujjwala scheme is not a failure

Focusing on a refill-centric analysis to declare the access-centric Ujjwala scheme a failure only two years into its birth is unfair to the initiative of delivering clean fuel to the poor in the country.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das along with Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan after distributing LPG connection to BPL families under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana during a function in Ranchi, 2016(Hindustan Times)

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Published on Apr 03, 2018 11:43 AM IST

ByShreerupa and Abhishek Kar

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₹1,890 crore subsidy for gas cylinder refills distributed to 1.86 crore eligible families in Uttar Pradesh

This article is authored by Priyal Bhardwaj, general secretary, Mahila Morcha, Bharatiya Janata Party, New Delhi.

Cylinders scheduled to be distributed between October and December 2024; around 75 lakh beneficiaries unverified and may not be able to avail the benefit unless they complete their KYC .

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, who was in Jind to attend a state-level “Hariyali Teej” function, announced “interest-free loans” to the tune of ₹100 crore to empower women in self-help groups, an official spokesperson said

In the first phase, on Diwali, only 77.18 lakh of the 1.75 crore beneficiaries avail the scheme, while in the second phase, on Holi, 74.81 lakh receive a free refill.

Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries in Haryana to receive gas cylinders for ₹500: CM Saini

State-run oil companies have already distributed over 94% of the 7.5 million free cooking gas connections it was to deliver to poor households following a September 2023 Cabinet decision -- way ahead of the envisaged deadline of March 31, 2026 -- two officials aware of the matter said.

The decision to put up the 'Modi ki Guarantee' hoardings has been taken on an informal "nudge" from the ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

The Paharganj councillor did not know that the Centre’s LPG scheme that the fraudster claimed to be implementing does not include distribution of sewing machines

The Ujjwala scheme was implemented in May 2016 to provide LPG connection to women belonging to below poverty line families

Ujjwala 2.0, as the second phase of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) is known, was launched virtually in Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba.

Ujjwala 2.0 will kick off with beneficiaries from Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba receiving LPG cylinder connections.

The beneficiaries will receive LPG gas cylinder connections. The launch will take place virtually from Uttar Pradesh's Mahoba at 12:30pm.

According to officials, under Ujjwala scheme 2.0, the Union government will distribute about 10 million gas connections this financial year to the poor along with a free refill and a stove

The PMUY scheme was aimed at achieving a shift from polluting to cleaner methods of cooking. It has overshot its target of giving 80 million free LPG connections.

Singer Sona Mohapatra lists the changes she’d like see in the country on the eve of its 74th Independence Day

The use of LPG brings direct health benefits. Air pollution exposure from biomass cooking fires increases the risk and severity of infection, a harmful situation particularly during the Covid-19 spread

In a nutshell, the Ujjwala scheme is heralding “The Blue Flame Revolution”. It is impacting the lives of poor rural women by empowering and allowing them leisure time which they rightfully deserve.

Under Pradhan’s watch, BJP put up a creditable performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Odisha, winning 8 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats.

Cutting household emissions completely would bring down the national PM 2.5 concentration to 38 micrograms per cubic metre from 55.1 micrograms per cubic metre in 2015.

Ujjwala subscribers don’t receive any extra subsidy for refilling their gas canisters beyond the normal discount of around ₹217 per refill per month.

It is vital to institutionalise effective mechanisms for reporting of air pollution-related disease burden at last mile locations

Twenty-six months after its launch from Ballia in UP, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), which promised to rid rural women of the drudgery of smoky kitchens by providing LPG connections, appears to have fallen short in achieving its objective despite meeting the targets.

When beneficiaries of 12 welfare schemes interact with PM Narendra Modi in Jaipur on Saturday, probably such families will not be in the crowd

The meeting of the Council of Ministers is being held after a gap of seven months.

Focusing on a refill-centric analysis to declare the access-centric Ujjwala scheme a failure only two years into its birth is unfair to the initiative of delivering clean fuel to the poor in the country.

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