Residents of Assam and Meghalaya would not be required to submit Aadhar card for getting benefits under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana(PMUY). <br/><br/>Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said this at a meeting of district nodal officers of the eastern states in Kolkata today. <br/><br/>He said 82 percent of the LPG connections have been linked with Aadhar card and efforts are on to bring the remaining 18 percent in to the fold <br/>Mr. Pradhan claimed that since the launch of the PMUY project, 28 lakh BPL households have have got free connections in the states where it had been rolled out since May 1st. <br/><br/>He said, the project would be launched in West Bengal before August 15th.<br/>In the budget for 2016-17, the government has allocated Rs 8000 crore to provide LPG connections to five crore BPL women in three years.