LPG cylinder: Under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, more than 9 crore people have been given free LPG connections. In this scheme the government gives a subsidy of Rs 300 per cylinder.
LPG Cylinder: Crores of people are going to get free LPG cylinder on the occasion of Holi. In fact, in November 2023, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had started the free LPG cylinder refill distribution campaign under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana for 1.75 crore eligible families of the state. Under this scheme, there is a plan to provide free LPG cylinders to the beneficiary category twice a year. Last November, free LPG cylinders were given on the occasion of Diwali. Now the beneficiary class will get this gift in Holi also.
This work will have to be done
If you are a resident of Uttar Pradesh then you can take advantage of this free gas cylinder scheme of the state government. For this, the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana will have to link their bank account with Aadhaar. Let us tell you that in the year 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had started the Ujjwala scheme.
More than 9 crores
Under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, more than 9 crore people have been given free LPG connections. In this scheme the government gives a subsidy of Rs 300 per cylinder. Earlier this subsidy was Rs 200, which was increased by additional Rs 100 only last year. In this way a subsidy of Rs 300 is available. This subsidy will continue to be available till 31 March 2025. Recently the government has approved it. Let us tell you that the beneficiary class gets this subsidy for 12 LPG cylinders in a year.
Rs 100 relief
Recently the government had reduced the prices of LPG cylinders by Rs 100. After this deduction, LPG cylinder is available for general customers in Delhi at a price of Rs 803. Earlier, last year the government had reduced the prices of LPG cylinders by Rs 200. Let us inform that last year, the expansion of
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana was approved to release 75 lakh LPG connections in three years from the financial year 2023-24 to 2025-26. With the provision of 75 lakh additional Ujjwala connections, the total number of PMUY beneficiaries will increase to 10.35 crore.
