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Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) Objective, Feature, and aims
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) Objective, Feature, and aims
The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) is a welfare program of the Union Government. It was launched by Indian Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi in 2016.
The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana’s main objective is to provide LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) connections to 50 million below-poverty-line families in three years.
The scheme is aimed at replacing the unclean cooking fuels mostly used in the rural India with the clean and more efficient LPG.
Twenty million LPG connections have been completed under the scheme as on 3 April 2017.
The initiative is guided by a strong commitment to bring in changes in lives of poor women.
India has become world’s second largest LPG importer, a position that was previously occupied by Japan. China remains as the world’s top importer.
