The NDA Govt Cabinet on Thursday March 10,2016 approved a Rs 8,000-crore scheme to provide
cooking gas (LPG) connections free of cost to women members of poor
households.
The NDA Govt Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved Pradhan Mantri Ujwala Yojana – scheme for providing free LPG connections to women from BPL households with an outlay of Rs 8,000 crore for three years, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said
The scheme aims to provide on a war footing LPG connections to women members of BPL families.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in his Budget for 2016-17, had announced the plan, saying the poor do not have access to cooking gas.
"Women of India have faced the curse of smoke during the process of cooking. According to experts, having an open fire in the kitchen is like burning 400 cigarettes an hour. The time has come to remedy this situation," he said said in his Budget speech.
He had stated that the government has decided to embark on a massive mission to provide LPG connections in names of women members of poor households.
"I have set aside a sum of Rs 2,000 crore in this year's Budget which will help provide LPG connections to 1.5 crore BPL families.
The scheme provides for a financial support of ₹1,600 for each LPG connection to the household
The identification of such households will be done in consultation with State governments and Union Territories
After the implementation of the Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG scheme, 77 lakh people voluntarily surrendered their LPG subsidy, which has been utilised to provide 50 lakh BPL families with LPG connections
The NDA Govt Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved Pradhan Mantri Ujwala Yojana – scheme for providing free LPG connections to women from BPL households with an outlay of Rs 8,000 crore for three years, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said
The scheme aims to provide on a war footing LPG connections to women members of BPL families.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in his Budget for 2016-17, had announced the plan, saying the poor do not have access to cooking gas.
"Women of India have faced the curse of smoke during the process of cooking. According to experts, having an open fire in the kitchen is like burning 400 cigarettes an hour. The time has come to remedy this situation," he said said in his Budget speech.
He had stated that the government has decided to embark on a massive mission to provide LPG connections in names of women members of poor households.
"I have set aside a sum of Rs 2,000 crore in this year's Budget which will help provide LPG connections to 1.5 crore BPL families.
The scheme provides for a financial support of ₹1,600 for each LPG connection to the household
The identification of such households will be done in consultation with State governments and Union Territories
After the implementation of the Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG scheme, 77 lakh people voluntarily surrendered their LPG subsidy, which has been utilised to provide 50 lakh BPL families with LPG connections
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