PTI, New Delhi :
About 50 lakh free cooking gas (LPG) connections have been provided to poor households in the last 100 days and the target of 5 crore is expected to be achieved well before the 3-year schedule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.
Delivering his third Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, he said the government’s focus on providing cleaner, efficient and cheaper cooking fuel to households has led to issuing of an unprecedented number of LPG connections ever since the BJP-led government came to power in May 2014.
“About 14 crore people got LPG connections in 60 years.
And we have given 4 crore new LPG connections in 60 weeks,” he said.
For the below poverty line (BPL) households, particularly in the rural areas, the government on May 1 launched a Rs 8,000-crore scheme to provide 5-crore free LPG connections in name of women members of poor households in three years.
“Nearly 50 lakh LPG connections have been provided under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in past 100 days. At this pace, we can complete the target of 5 crore connections before the scheduled three years,” he said.
Under the scheme, the government pays oil companies Rs 1,600 for each LPG connection they provide to BPL households.
This is to cover for the cost of a new connection and LPG cylinder.
About 50 lakh free cooking gas (LPG) connections have been provided to poor households in the last 100 days and the target of 5 crore is expected to be achieved well before the 3-year schedule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.
Delivering his third Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, he said the government’s focus on providing cleaner, efficient and cheaper cooking fuel to households has led to issuing of an unprecedented number of LPG connections ever since the BJP-led government came to power in May 2014.
“About 14 crore people got LPG connections in 60 years.
And we have given 4 crore new LPG connections in 60 weeks,” he said.
For the below poverty line (BPL) households, particularly in the rural areas, the government on May 1 launched a Rs 8,000-crore scheme to provide 5-crore free LPG connections in name of women members of poor households in three years.
“Nearly 50 lakh LPG connections have been provided under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in past 100 days. At this pace, we can complete the target of 5 crore connections before the scheduled three years,” he said.
Under the scheme, the government pays oil companies Rs 1,600 for each LPG connection they provide to BPL households.
This is to cover for the cost of a new connection and LPG cylinder.
