Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY ) is a flagship scheme to make clean cooking fuel such as LPG available to the rural and deprived households which were otherwise using traditional cooking fuels such as firewood, coal, cow-dung cakes etc. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY, translation: Prime Minister's Lightening Scheme) was launched by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 1 May 2016 to distribute 50 million LPG connections to women of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. [1][2][3] A budgetary allocation of ₹80 billion (US$950 million) was made for the scheme. The scheme was replaced by the Ujjwala Yojana 2.0 in 2021. [4] Although the scheme has expanded access to clean cooking technologies, the use of polluting fuels ... Total Connections Released under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana "as on 23 Dec 2024 103,346,386 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) is a flagship scheme to make clean cooking fuel such as LPG available to the rural and deprived households which were otherwise using traditional cooking fuels such as firewood, coal, cow-dung cakes etc.
