Big gift from the government, 2 free cylinders will be available in the country’s largest state – The Daily Connection

Big news has come out regarding gas cylinders in Uttar Pradesh, one of the largest states of the country. This news is about Ujjwala scheme. Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday passed the proposal to provide two free LPG cylinders to the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. According to the state government, the cabinet meeting chaired by CM Yogi Adityanath has approved the proposal of providing two free LPG stoves to the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. Under this scheme, free cylinder refills will be distributed to the beneficiaries in October-December 2023 and January-March 2024. The state government will spend Rs 2312 crore every year on this scheme.

so many people will benefit

According to the government, 1.75 crore families in the state will be given the benefit of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. Of these, in the first phase, Aadhaar authentication beneficiaries will be given free cylinders. After that, as the Aadhaar authentication of the beneficiaries gets done, they will be given free cylinders under this scheme. Under the scheme, the beneficiary will have to purchase a 14.2 kg cylinder by making the payment himself, after five days the subsidy will be sent to his Aadhaar authenticated account. This scheme will be applicable only on one connection issued under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.

Central government has also given relief

From the last week of August to the beginning of this month, the Central Government has also given relief twice under the Ujjwala scheme. In the last days of August, the central government had reduced the price of gas cylinder by flat Rs 200. At that time a subsidy of Rs 200 was given on the Ujjwala scheme. After further reduction of Rs 200, the price of gas cylinder for them was reduced by Rs 400. Recently the government has increased the subsidy of Ujjwala scheme by Rs 100. This means that the subsidy which was Rs 200 has now become Rs 300. This means that the gas cylinder available under the Ujjwala scheme has become cheaper by Rs 500.