In the run-up to Assembly polls in five states later this year and Lok Sabha elections in 2024, the government on Wednesday increased the cooking gas subsidy for poor households under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) by Rs 100 per 14.2-kg cylinder to Rs 300. The decision is expected to benefit 9.6 crore households that are currently covered under the targetted subsidy scheme.
The decision, which was announced by Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur after Wednesday’s meeting of the Union Cabinet, comes around a month after the government announced a price cut of Rs 200 per cylinder for all domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LGP) consumers including PMUY beneficiaries, and expanded the PMUY coverage to cover another 75 lakh poor households over three years.
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