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Extension of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
September 20 , 2023
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- The Union Cabinet has given the green light for an extension of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) to 2025-26.
- This move will bring the total number of PMUY beneficiaries to 10.35 crore.
- As per the existing modalities of Ujjwala 2.0, the first refill and stove will also be provided free of cost to Ujjwala beneficiaries.
- Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana was launched in Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) on May 1, 2016.
- It aims to provide clean cooking fuel to about 80 million poor households across the country.
- The target was achieved in September 2019.
- Later, PMUY phase-2 was launched in August 2021 with an initial target of 10 million connections, which was achieved by January 2022.
- Subsequently, the government released 6 million more connections under Ujjwala 2.0 till December 2022.
- Now the government has announced a third phase of the scheme.
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