The Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry is open to giving its nod to a potential fourth expansion of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), said sources in the know.
More than 2.67 million applications are currently pending nationwide for induction into the scheme. "LPG penetration in the country has reached near saturation levels, up from 62 per cent in April 2016 when the Ujjwala scheme was launched. However, there are still many applicants from economically distressed backgrounds. The government is looking to expand the PMUY to cover them," an official source said.
PMUY was introduced in May 2016 as a flagship scheme with an objective to make clean cooking fuel such as LPG available to rural and deprived households.
As of July 1, there are 103.3 million PMUY beneficiaries in the country, making up almost a third of the 314 million households in India with LPG connection.
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