Free LPG cylinder to gentle up Diwali of Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries in UP | Lucknow Information
LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday introduced to provide Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries a cooking fuel cylinder freed from value as a Diwali reward.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a present to each household by means of the Ujjwala Yojna and lowered cylinder costs by Rs 300. Now, now we have additionally determined that each Ujjwala Yojna connection beneficiary can be given one cooking fuel cylinder freed from value as a Diwali reward,” Adityanath stated at an occasion in Bulandshahr.
The promise totally free distribution of LPG cylinders twice a yr was made by the BJP in its election manifesto earlier than the 2022 meeting polls.
Officers stated that the state meals and civil provide division has ready a proposal vis-à-vis execution of the scheme to be put ahead earlier than the state cupboard for its formal approval quickly.
As soon as accredited, the scheme will get applied – expectedly within the run as much as Diwali due subsequent month.
The scheme, sources stated, would subsequently be relevant throughout Holi subsequent yr.
Confirming the event, state minister for meals and civil provides, Satish Chandra Sharma advised TOI that the scheme would cowl round 1.75 crore households which have acquired free fuel connection below the Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana.
“The BJP authorities is dedicated to fulfil all the guarantees it made to the folks,” the minister stated.
Whereas an in depth process relating to executing the scheme is being reviewed exhaustively, sources stated that the state authorities might go for Direct Profit Switch (DBT) envisaging switch of subsidy immediately into the checking account of the beneficiary.
The state authorities, as a matter of truth, had made a budgetary provision of Rs 3,047 crore for the scheme in February earlier this yr. This, nevertheless, couldn’t be applied within the absence of an in depth proposal, sources stated.
The transfer comes even because the BJP intensifies its marketing campaign within the run as much as the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The scheme, primarily centered on the ladies, comes shut on the heels of the Centre enacting girls reservation legislation in Lok Sabha and different state legislative assemblies.
In September, the Union Cupboard had accredited the discharge of grant cash to help LPG connections to girls below the Ujjwala scheme.
Earlier than that in August, the cupboard gave an extra subsidy of Rs 200, which took the overall subsidy to Rs 400 per cylinder for PMUY beneficiaries.
In March, the Committee on Financial Affairs (CCEA) accredited a subsidy of Rs 200 per 14.2 kg cylinder for as much as 12 refills per yr to be offered to beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme.
