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LPG connections to households jump over 2-fold to 32.83 crore in last 10 years
The Statesman
|January 08, 2025
The number of LPG connections for household kitchens in the country has more than doubled to 32.83 crore, as of 1 November 2024, from 14.52 crore in 2014, according to the year-end review of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas released on Tuesday.
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As many as 10.33 crore LPG connections have been released under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for poor families who get the cooking gas at a subsidised price. Since the inception of the Scheme, about 222 crore LPG refills have been delivered to the PMUY households as about 13 lakh refills are being taken daily, according to the official statement.
A targeted subsidy of Rs. 300 per cylinder is being given to all Ujjwala beneficiaries.
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