Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna Current Affairs, GK & News
PM to launch Ujjwala-2 scheme from UP
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to launch the second edition of the government’s free LPG connection scheme called Ujjwala. Key Facts Second edition of the scheme would be launched from poll-bound Uttar Pradesh on August 10. First version of the scheme was launched in 2016 from Uttar Pradesh ahead of 2017 Assembly elections. Launch ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2021
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Free LPG connection • PM Ujjwala Yojana • Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna • Ujjwala-2 scheme • Uttar Pradesh
Gandhinagar becomes Gujarat’s first kerosene free district.
On October 25, 2019, Union Minister Amit Shah allocated 1000 LPG connections to women in Gandhinagar district of Gujarat. This makes Gandhinagar first district in Gujarat to become kerosene-free. Highlights The cooking gas was allotted to the women as a part of Ujjwala Yojana. The scheme has covered more than 75,000 beneficiaries at a cost ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Cooking Gas • Fuel • Gujarat • LPG • LPG Scheme • Pollution • Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna • Ujjwala Yojana
Ujjwala Beneficiaries in Four States still use Earthen Stoves
A study from the Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (r.i.c.e) study on the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna (PMUY) makes the following observations: Most rural households with LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) connections still use chulhas with firewood or dung cakes which are the detriment of rural health. 85% of Ujjwala beneficiaries in rural Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Bihar • Liquefied petroleum gas • LPG • Madhya Pradesh • PMUY • Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna • r.i.c.e • Rajasthan • Research Institute for Compassionate Economics • Uttar Pradesh