New Delhi, May 5. Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday informed that ‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana’ has become an example of women’s empowerment in the last 9 years, and more than 10 crore families have benefitted from the scheme.
‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana’, started on 1 May 2016 under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has completed 9 years. This scheme was started from Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) launched PMUY with the aim of providing clean cooking fuel like LPG to rural and deprived families.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri wrote in a post on social media platform X, “9 years of Ujjwala Yojana, more than 10.33 crore families happy!”
Union Minister Puri further wrote, “Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana’ has become an example of women empowerment and a boon of health for housewives!” Giving information, Union Minister Puri said that in these 9 years of PMUY, more than 238 crore cylinders were refilled, which shows the success of this scheme. Apart from this, he informed that the addition of 11,670 new LPG distributors under the scheme so far has made the delivery of cylinders possible even in remote and inaccessible areas. The use of traditional cooking fuel has a harmful effect on the health of rural women. Apart from this, traditional cooking fuel also has an impact on the environment. This scheme has become a boon for those rural and deprived families who used firewood, wood, coal, cow dung cakes as fuel for cooking. The objective of PMUY is to provide LPG connections without deposit to adult women of poor families. With this scheme, the central government is promoting health, environmental protection and women empowerment.
