Providing clean cooking fuel under PMUY

Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas


As on 01.03.2022, OMCs have released 1 crore LPG connections under Ujjwala 2.0.

Government has taken several other steps to ensure that all households in the country have access to clean cooking fuels

The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri RameswarTeli in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today informed that the Government launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in 2016 to provide clean cooking fuel to poor households  and the target to provide 8 crore deposit free LPG connections was achieved in September, 2019. To cover remaining households under PMUY,  Ujjwala 2.0 was started on 10th August, 2021 on pan India basis to provide additional one crore LPG connections along with free first refill and stove. As on 01.03.2022, OMCs have released 1 crore LPG connections under Ujjwala 2.0. Further, the Government has approved to release of additional 60 lakh LPG connections under Ujjwala 2.0 on existing modalities. State/UT-wise details of LPG connections released under PMUY as on 01.03.2022 since inception of the Scheme are at Annexure.

Further, Government has taken several other steps to ensure that all households in the country have access to clean cooking fuels, which include hassle free connections, 5 kg cylinders, secondary connections for an existing domestic LPG consumer, option to apply online for new connection including PMUY and release of e-subscription vouchers, organizing LPG panchayats and public awareness campaigns involving State/UT Governments, etc.

ANNEXURE

 “Providing clean fuel under PMUY
State/UT Number of Connections released
Andaman and Nicobar Islands 13,403
Andhra Pradesh 4,16,784
Arunachal Pradesh 47,820
Assam 39,85,033
Bihar 1,01,01,034
Chandigarh 92
Chhattisgarh 33,61,218
D & NH and Daman & Diu 15,048
Delhi 98,772
Goa 1,081
Gujarat 34,38,543
Haryana 7,39,185
Himachal Pradesh 1,38,392
UT of Jammu and Kashmir 12,39,362
Jharkhand 34,77,607
Karnataka 34,70,890
Kerala 3,00,506
UT of Ladakh 11,100
Lakshadweep 302
Madhya Pradesh 79,38,820
Maharashtra 46,99,169
Manipur 1,78,423
Meghalaya 1,73,154
Mizoram 29,645
Nagaland 77,113
Odisha 51,90,219
Puducherry 14,221
Punjab 12,36,652
Rajasthan 66,21,010
Sikkim 12,457
Tamil Nadu 34,51,561
Telangana 11,11,460
Tripura 2,77,355
Uttar Pradesh 1,67,17,650
Uttarakhand 4,49,897
West Bengal 1,09,12,096
TOTAL 8,99,47,074

Source : OMCs

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