Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana PMUY

The ₹300 per cylinder subsidy will be provided for up to 9 refills in FY 2025-26, benefiting over 10 crore PMUY consumers and ensuring affordable access to clean cooking fuel

PMUY will be expanded further and piped gas connections will be extended beyond the current 11 million households, BJP said in its election manifesto

The latest decision comes on the back of a series of steps taken by the Centre over the past one month to reduce the cost of LPG cylinder ahead of crucial state and general elections

The Ujjwala beneficiaries currently pay Rs 703 per 14.2-kg cylinder as against the market price of Rs 903

The decision to expand the scheme was announced last month when the government had slashed the price of cooking gas by Rs.200 for all connections

Beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana will also receive the first refill and a stove free of cost

In July, oil companies increased the price of domestic LPG cylinders by Rs 50. Earlier, the prices were increased twice in the month of May

During 2022-2023, 88% of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) households have taken the refills

The finance ministry has hinted that India's fertiliser subsidy bill for 2022-23 (FY23) could rise to around Rs 2.5 trillion against Budget Estimates (BE) of Rs 1.05 trillion

Centre assessing appropriate price at which subsidy should resume

Sector watchers say budgetary allocations for LPG subsidy may soon vanish, going the way of kerosene subsidy in the Budget 2021

Hands over cooking gas connections at UP's Mahoba via video conferencing, hits out at earlier regimes in poll-bound state

PMUY 2.0 was announced in the Union budget for financial year 2021-22. There was a provision for an additional 10 million LPG connections under the scheme

Covid-19 related protocols delayed launch of second leg of scheme

Oil companies wait to recover around Rs 4,500 cr from existing PMUY beneficiaries

LPG cylinders consumption has improved amongst Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) customers despite the recent price rise in LPG prices, said Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) on Wednesday

Policy group CEEW says government scheme 'must target poor households' to move to LPG.

Though the government expected an outgo of Rs 13,500 crore with respect to the scheme, only Rs 9,710 crore was transferred directly into the bank accounts of Ujjwala beneficiaries, as of June 30.

Earlier, beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) were entitled to three free liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders effective April 1 to June 30 this year.

Under the package, the government announced free food grains and cash payments to women and poor senior citizens and farmers