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Union Budget 2021: One crore more women to benefit under Ujjwala Yojna now
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that free gas LPG cooking scheme, Ujjwala will be extended to one additional crore beneficiaries.
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced to add one crore more women under the Ujjwala Yojna (Picture Credits: PTI)
In her Union Budget 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced that women will be allowed to work in all categories and also in the night shift with adequate protection. Most importantly, Sitharaman also announced to add one crore more women under the Ujjwala Yojna.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 1, 2016, to distribute five crore LPG connections to women of Below Poverty Line families. The target was later revised to providing a free gas connection to eight crore women by March 2020 but during Budget 2021, Sitharaman announc
Budget 2021: Ujjwala scheme to be extended to 1Cr more beneficiaries: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Presenting the Union Budget for 2021-22, FM Nirmala Sitharaman said fuel supplies were kept running without interruption during COVID-19 lockdown.
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Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the
free cooking gas LPG scheme Ujjwala will be extended to one crore more beneficiaries. So far,
the scheme has aided over eight crore households in India. She further added that the city gas distribution network of providing CNG to automobiles and piped cooking gas to households will be expanded to
100 more districts.
Presenting the Union Budget for 2021-22, the finance minister said fuel supplies were kept running without interruption during COVID-19 lockdown.
Budget 2021: Boost for Ujjwala; data to be used for more schemes
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The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana got a boost in the budget for 2021-22, with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing addition of 10 million beneficiaries during the year to the government’s flagship scheme under which cooking gas connections are given free of cost to women of below poverty line (BPL) families.
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New Delhi: The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana got a boost in the budget for 2021-22, with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing addition of 10 million beneficiaries during the year to the government’s flagship scheme under which cooking gas connections are given free of cost to women of below poverty line (BPL) families.