Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna (PMUY) aims at providing five crore LPG connections to Below Poverty Line households in the country within three years. The Minister yesterday in Amethi said, the ambitious project, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ballia on first of May this year, would transform the lives of women of BPL families by reducing the drudgery of cooking with polluting fuels and go a long way in reducing indoor pollution and other health hazards. <br/><br/>Mr. Pradhan said that PMUY aims at replacing the polluting cooking fuels mostly used in rural areas with more clean and efficient LPG. He said, that nearly 90 lakh LPG connections have been released to needy families under the scheme and the 'Pahal Yojna', another scheme initiated by the Petroleum Ministry which has received worldwide acclaim. The scheme directly credits cash into the beneficiaries' account and has put to rest the leakage of LPG subsidies.

Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna (PMUY) aims at providing five crore LPG connections to Below Poverty Line households in the country within three years. The Minister yesterday in Amethi said, the ambitious project, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ballia on first of May this year, would transform the lives of women of BPL families by reducing the drudgery of cooking with polluting fuels and go a long way in reducing indoor pollution and other health hazards. <br/><br/>Mr. Pradhan said that PMUY aims at replacing the polluting cooking fuels mostly used in rural areas with more clean and efficient LPG. He said, that nearly 90 lakh LPG connections have been released to needy families under the scheme and the 'Pahal Yojna', another scheme initiated by the Petroleum Ministry which has received worldwide acclaim. The scheme directly credits cash into the beneficiaries' account and has put to rest the leakage of LPG subsidies.

Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna (PMUY) aims at providing five crore LPG connections to Below Poverty Line households in the country within three years. The Minister yesterday in Amethi said, the ambitious project, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Ballia on first of May this year, would transform the lives of women of BPL families by reducing the drudgery of cooking with polluting fuels and go a long way in reducing indoor pollution and other health hazards. <br/><br/>Mr. Pradhan said that PMUY aims at replacing the polluting cooking fuels mostly used in rural areas with more clean and efficient LPG. He said, that nearly 90 lakh LPG connections have been released to needy families under the scheme and the 'Pahal Yojna', another scheme initiated by the Petroleum Ministry which has received worldwide acclaim. The scheme directly credits cash into the beneficiaries' account and has put to rest the leakage of LPG subsidies.