The central government is going to implement the second phase of the Ujjwala scheme soon. Under this, arrangements will also be made to provide LPG connection to those people who do not have a permanent address. See in detail.
New Delhi: There is good news for those who have taken LPG connection. The Central Government is going to implement the second phase of Ujjwala Yojana. The biggest feature is that under this, even those people who do not have a permanent address will get LPG connection. This will be especially beneficial for the poor living in cities and those who change places due to employment in different parts of the country. The government is preparing to implement it soon. The first phase was started in May 2016.
Free LPG connection
It is worth noting that first Ujjwala Yojana (Ujjwala Yojana Second Phase) was started from Ballia in Uttar Pradesh, under which LPG connections are given free of cost to the people living below the poverty line. Government oil companies under the Ministry of Petroleum are now preparing the final draft of the second phase of Ujjwala. There will be many major changes in this, in which the biggest change will be the reduction of the requirement of permanent address.
Millions of connections likely to be given
Under the second change, after a limited period, the beneficiaries will get the option to continue or return the connection. Both these changes are being made keeping in view the need of workers working in remote areas. Under this, one crore connections are expected to be given.
Finance Minister announced
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the expansion of Ujjwala while presenting the Union Budget 2021-22. In this, the Finance Minister had talked about giving one crore more connections under the new rules. Till January 31, 2021, 8.3 crore families living below the poverty line in the country were provided cooking gas under the Ujjwala connection. With this, eco-friendly cooking gas has been made available to 91 percent of the households of the country.
