Ahead of Holi, the festival of colours, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath distributed Rs 1,890 crore subsidy for gas cylinder refills to 1.86 crore eligible families in Uttar Pradesh under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is a popular initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi government for social inclusion. Under the scheme, free LPG connection is provided to every BPL household.
The Murshidabad district BJP president, Mr Gaurishankar Ghosh hailing from Prasadpur Gram Panchayat area adjoining the Lalbagh town in Murshidabad district, was on the sleuth’s scanner, sources said.
The research, published in the journal Nature Energy, suggests that while the PMUY has increased adoption of LPG among rural, poor populations, getting people to use LPG regularly is however a far more difficult task.
According to the data of Socio Economic and Caste Census, the number of eligible families is 13.53 lakh, of which 5.17 lakh families have been provided with gas connections, the minister said.
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