The average per-capita consumption of cooking gas under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) has improved to 3.8 cylinder refills on an annualised basis in April-October from 3.01 refills for 2019-20 (FY20) and 3.71 in FY23, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri informed the Parliament on Monday. The minister also said that the government’s measures to keep the fuel affordable for poor households have been effective in keeping its price cheaper than in neighbouring countries like Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The PMUY was launched in 2016 to provide poor households access to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as a cooking fuel and discourage the use of traditional kitchen fuels like firewood and cow dung cakes, which are more polluting and pose health hazards. Over the years, the PMUY has emerged as a key welfare scheme of the Narendra Modi government.
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