Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 2.0 Provide clean cooking fuel, such as LPG, to rural households

1. Name:- Deepshikha Roy
PGDM 2nd Semester
Institute:

2. About UjjawalaYojana 2.0
• prime minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 2.0 on 10th
august 2021
• PM Narendra Modi interacted with some of the beneficiaries of the Ujjwala yojana virtually

3. • A total of 1000 women were given the Ujjawala yojana benefit during the video
conferencing event.
• During the event, the PM also interacted with beneficiaries of the Ujjwala. PM
Modi talked to beneficiaries from various state.

4. What is Ujjwala 2.0 scheme?
• Ujjwala is a scheme that provides LPG connections to low- income family
households.
• Provide clean cooking fuel, such as LPG, to rural households.
• It was first launched in 2016 as ujjwala 1.0 to provide LPG connection
• Year union budget (2021-2022) an additional one crore LPG Connection
under the scheme has been announced.
• Aim to provide deposit-free LPG connections to low-income families.

5. Why was ujjwala yojana needed?
• Indoor air pollution is the 2nd biggest killer after high blood pressure.
• Ac to census 2011, nearly 121 million households used traditional stoves
(chulha).
• In 2010, indoor air pollution caused two premature deaths every minute due to
dirty cooking fuel.

6. What are its Benefits?
• Ujjwala 2.0 will provide the first refill and hotplate free of cost to the beneficiaries.
• Its enrolment procedure will require minimal paperwork.
• Migrants will not be required to submit ration or address proof.
• It gives easy access to LPG to poor or rural households.

7. Beneficiaries
 Beneficiary are identified from the categories:
• All SC/ST households beneficiaries of Pradhan
Mantri Awas Yojana(PMAY) (Gramin)
• Antyoday Anna Yojana (AAY)
• Forest Dwellers
• Most Backward Classes (MBC)
• Tea & Ex-Tea Garden Tribes
• People residing in Islands
• People residing in river islands.