Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (August 10) launched Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana – PMUY) by handing over LPG connections, at Mahoba Uttar Pradesh via video conferencing.
During the event, the Prime Minister interacted with beneficiaries of the Ujjwala.
Addressing the event, the Prime Minister said he was delighted to address the sisters of UP ahead of Raksha Bandhan.
He said the number of people, especially women whose lives have been illuminated by the Ujjwala Yojana is unprecedented.
This scheme was launched in 2016 from Ballia in UP.
PM Modi said the second edition of Ujjwala is also launched from UP’s Veerbhoomi – Mahoba.
The Prime Minister lamented that the countrymen had to wait for decades for getting many basic amenities such as Housing, Electricity, Water, Toilet, Gas, Roads, Hospital and School. Many of such things could have been addressed decades ago.
He said that our daughters will be able to come out of the house and kitchen and contribute extensively in nation building only when the problems related to house and kitchen are solved first.
Therefore, in the last 6-7 years, he said, the Government has worked to get solutions to various issues on a mission mode.
The Prime Minister noted that the resolve of health, convenience and empowerment of sisters has received great impetus from Ujjwala Yojana.
In the first phase of the scheme, 8 crore poor, dalit, deprived, backward and tribal families were given free gas connections.
He said the benefit of this free gas connection was felt in the era of the Corona pandemic.
“Ujjawala Yojana has led to manifold expansion of LPG gas infrastructure. During the last 6-7 years more than 11 thousand LPG distribution centres have been opened. In UP the number of these centres increased to 4 thousand from 2 thousand in 2014,” PM Modi said.
The Prime Minister said that we are very near the cent percent gas coverage as during the last 7 years more gas connections have been given tha were there in 2014.
PM Modi also said that efforts are on to provide gas through pipes at a much larger scale. He said PNG is much cheaper than cylinder and work is on to provide PNG in many districts of eastern India including in UP. In the first phase, a target has been to connect 12 lakh households in more than 50 districts of UP.
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