Budget to add 1 cr more households under Ujjwala scheme
By IANS| Published: 1st February 2021 6:49 pm IST
New Delhi, Feb 1 : The government on Monday to expanded the scope of its Ujjwala scheme, under which it provides free LPG gas connection to an adult woman belonging to a poor family not having cooking gas in her household, by deciding to add 1 crore more beneficiaries.
Announcing the Budget proposals for 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Ujjwala Scheme has so far benefited 8 crore households and next year, the scheme will be extended to cover 1 crore more beneficiaries.
The government has already taken cooking gas coverage to over 98 per cent of households and extension of Ujjwala will provide for full coverage of households.
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.