Prime Minister has launched the second phase of the Ujjwala gas connection scheme for the poor and said it would provide the biggest relief to lakhs of migrant worker families in the country.

Ujjwala 2.0

• Under Ujjwala 2.0 migrant workers would no longer have to struggle to get address proof documents to get the gas connections, Mr. Modi said.
• Now migrant workers would only be required to submit a self-declaration of their residential address to get the gas connection.
• Along with a deposit-free LPG connection, Ujjwala 2.0 will provide the first refill and a hotplate free of cost to the beneficiaries.

About the PM Ujjwala Yojana

• Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched in 2016, with the aim to provide Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) connections to five crore women members of below poverty line (BPL) households in the first phase.
• he scheme was expanded in April 2018 to include women beneficiaries from seven more categories (SC/ST, PMAY, AAY, Most backward classes, tea garden, forest dwellers, Islands).
• In the second phase the target was expanded to eight crore LPG connections.

Significance of Ujjwala 2.0

• LPG infrastructure has expanded manifold in the country due to the Ujjwala scheme.
• In the last six years, more than 11,000 new LPG distribution centres have opened across the country.
• The LPG coverage in India is now very close to becoming 100 per cent.

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