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Centre cuts subsidised LPG cylinders under PM Ujjwala Yojana from 9 to 4

· 5 min read·Source: The Hindu
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The Government of India has reduced the number of subsidised LPG cylinders available each year to beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) from nine to four, according to the Petroleum Ministry. The ministry indicated that PMUY beneficiaries typically consume only about four or five cylinders a year, and that the revised cap is aligned with this actual usage pattern. Under PMUY, the subsidy is provided as a direct benefit transfer into beneficiaries' bank accounts on the purchase of refills. Around 10.55 crore LPG connections have been issued under the scheme, which targets women from poor households to provide clean cooking fuel in place of traditional biomass. The change adjusts the subsidy entitlement while the underlying objective of providing affordable cooking gas to low-income families continues.

Key Facts & Details

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    The Centre cut subsidised LPG cylinders under PM Ujjwala Yojana from 9 to 4 per year.
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    The Petroleum Ministry said beneficiaries typically use only four or five cylinders a year.
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    The revised cap is aligned with actual consumption patterns of PMUY beneficiaries.
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    Around 10.55 crore LPG connections have been issued under the scheme.
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    The subsidy is delivered via direct benefit transfer into beneficiaries' bank accounts.

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    PMUY targets women from poor households to replace biomass with clean cooking fuel.
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    The change adjusts the subsidy entitlement, not the broader objective of the scheme.
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    Refill subsidy is credited to bank accounts after purchase under DBT.
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Exam Focus

Under PM Ujjwala Yojana, the number of subsidised LPG cylinders per year was changed to what figure?

Related Topics

PM Ujjwala YojanaLPG SubsidyDBTClean Cooking Fuel

Exam Relevance & Angle

PMUY is a flagship welfare scheme that appears regularly in current affairs, and the change in the subsidised-cylinder cap plus the scheme's connection count are the kind of specific facts examiners ask in banking and SSC General Awareness.

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Background & Context

The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) is a flagship scheme launched in 2016 by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to provide LPG (cooking gas) connections to women from poor and Below Poverty Line (BPL) households, with the goal of replacing polluting traditional cooking fuels like firewood, coal and cow-dung cakes that cause indoor air pollution and health problems. The scheme provides a cash assistance for the connection (deposit-free cylinder and regulator) and, on refills, a subsidy transferred directly to the beneficiary's bank account under the Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL/PAHAL) mechanism. PMUY has expanded access to clean cooking fuel to over 10 crore households and is one of the government's most prominent social-welfare interventions. The number and amount of subsidised refills are periodically reviewed by the government in line with usage patterns and fiscal considerations.

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Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala YojanaLPG subsidyDirect Benefit TransferMinistry of Petroleum and Natural GasClean cooking fuel

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The number of subsidised LPG cylinders per year for PM Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries was revised to:

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