Two crore LPG connections given to BPL women

New Delhi May 05: Good news to the Below Poverty Line Women people as they are getting over two crore LPG connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana.

While going to matter, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has been said that over two crore LPG connections have been provided to women below the poverty line (BPL) under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana (PMUY), here on Friday.

Minister said in press conference that "Under the scheme, which took off on May 1, 2016, we had a target of providing LPG connections to 5 crore BPL women within three years. In the first year, the target was 1.5 crore. Today it has completed the target of 2.2 crores,"



The minister said apart from LPG connections under the Ujjwala scheme, around 1.25 crore connections were provided to households living above the poverty line.