26-08-2021 | 17:17 PM
Ujjwala 2.0 Scheme
• The government has launched the second phase of the Ujjwala gas connection scheme for the poor.
• Under Ujjwala 2.0, migrant workers would no longer have to struggle to get address proof documents to get the gas connections. These workers would only be required to submit a self-declaration of their residential address to get the gas connection.
About Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana:
• It was launched in May 2016.
• It aims to provide LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) connections to poor households.
• Under the scheme, a deposit-free LPG connection is given to the eligible household with financial assistance of Rs 1,600 per connection by the Centre.
• The scheme gained traction with its ambit being expanded to include 80 million poor families from the earlier target of 50 million families with an additional allocation of Rs 4,800 crore.
Objectives of the scheme:
• Empowering women and protecting their health.
• Reducing the serious health hazards associated with cooking based on fossil fuel.
• Reducing the number of deaths in India due to unclean cooking fuel.
• Preventing young children from a significant number of acute respiratory illnesses caused due to indoor air pollution by burning fossil fuel.
Eligibility criteria:
• Applicants must be a woman above the age of 18 and a citizen of India.
• Applicants should belong to a BPL (Below Poverty Line) household.
• No one in the applicant’s household should own an LPG connection.
• The household income of the family, per month, must not exceed a certain limit as defined by the government of the Union Territories and State Government.
• Applicants must not be a recipient of other similar schemes provided by the government.
