Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Ujjwala 2.0 scheme through video conferencing. The scheme was started by giving new LPG connections to 1 thousand women in Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Maurya and Dinesh Sharma were also present in this video conferencing. This time in this scheme the government will give free LPG connection as well as filled cylinder for free.
On the occasion of the launch of the scheme, connections were given to 1000 women. A separate fund has been released to distribute 1 crore LPG connections under this scheme in the 2021-22 financial year. These connections will be given to those low-income families who could not join the first phase of the Ujjwala scheme.
Connection will be available without address proof
PM Narendra Modi said that now to take advantage of Ujjwala 2.0, migrants will not need to submit ration card and address proof. The needy families will now be able to take advantage of this scheme by giving their own verified application.
PM Modi spoke to old beneficiaries
During the program, PM Narendra Modi talked to the old beneficiary women of Ujjwala scheme to know whether they did not face any problem in taking advantage of the scheme. Apart from this, whether his cylinder was refilled or not, he also inquired about it.
3 crore poor families got electricity connection
On this occasion, PM Modi said that under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, pucca houses of more than 2 crore poor have been built. Most of the ownership rights in these houses belong to women. At the same time, through Saubhagya Yojana, about 3 crore poor families have been given electricity connections.
“The countrymen have to wait a long time for many essential needs like house, electricity, water, toilet, gas, road, hospital and school, which is sad. Our daughters will be able to contribute in nation building by coming out of home and kitchen only when the problems related to home and kitchen are solved first. Therefore, in the last 6-7 years, work has been done on a mission mode for every such solution.
