LPG Subsidy Hiked for Ujjwala Beneficiaries to Rs 300 Per Cylinder

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday hiked the subsidy paid to poor women who got cooking gas connections under the Ujjwala scheme, to Rs 300 per cylinder from the current Rs 200, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said.

Ujjwala beneficiaries currently pay Rs 703 per 14.2-kg cylinder as against the market price of Rs 903. After the decision of the Union Cabinet, they will now pay Rs 603.

#Cabinetbriefing#WATCH The government has raised subsidy amount for #PradhanMantriUjjwalaYojana beneficiaries from Rs 200 to Rs 300 per LPG cylinder: Union Minister @ianuragthakur #CabinetDecisions pic.twitter.com/rHBhuqsMBO

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The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), also known as the Ujjwala Yojana, is a social welfare programme that was launched in May 2016. The primary goal of the Ujjwala scheme is to provide women in households that rely on traditional and unhealthy cooking methods such as burning wood, coal, or biomass with access to clean cooking fuel.