Summary:
Over 7.52 lakh connections were issued in 2016-17, 5.17 lakh in 2017-18, and 6.47 lakh in the current financial year. In Gujarat, oil marketing companies IOCL, BPCL and HPCL have provided 19.16 lakh LPG connections to beneficiaries since the Ujjwala scheme was launched in May 2016. "In Gujarat, 87% of the PMUY beneficiaries have come back for a refill of LPG cylinders after getting their connections, while the national average is about 80%. The Ujjwala scheme originally targeted 5 crore LPG connections to women members of BPL households by March 2019. As many as 87% beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in Gujarat have come back for a refill of the LPG cylinder which is much higher than the national average, senior oil and gas industry executives said on Thursday..