32 Lakh families from Tamilnadu got the free LPG connection : Center sets record by achieving the 8 crore target seven months before the deadline
32 Lakh families from Tamilnadu got the free LPG connection : Center sets record by achieving the 8 crore target seven months before the deadline
Narendra Modi led central government has achieved the target of distributing eight crore LPG connections under Ujjawala Yojana, seven months before the deadline, reports Financial Express.
The central government had set March 2020 as the deadline to complete the distribution of eight crore LPG connections. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana aims to provide clean cooking fuel to poor households and replace the unhealthy conventional cooking fuels such as firewood, cowdung, etc. The use of LPG has its benefits on the health of women and children, environment and economic productivity of women.
The official website of PMUY says the scheme has covered 715 districts of the country and 8,03,39,993 PMUY connections have been released so far. According to the PMUY website, states of Uttar Pradesh with 1.47 crore connections, West Bengal with 88 lakh connections, Bihar with 85 lakh connections, Madhya Pradesh with 71 lakh connections and Rajasthan with 63 lakh connections have topped the list with highest number of beneficiaries under the PMUY. Nearly 40 per cent of the beneficiaries belong to SC/ST categories. The implementation of PMUY has earned domestic as well as global appreciation at various Forums.
32,43,190 people from Tamilnadu have taken free LPG connections under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.
The PM addressed a state-level Mahila Saksham Melava or Empowered Women’s Meet of Self Help Groups, organized by Maharashtra State Rural Livelihood Mission (UMED), in Aurangabad on September 6.
Addressing the gathering, the PM commended the empowered women present for their contribution towards empowering themselves and their communities through Self Help Groups.