Govt sanctions launch of 25 lakh further LPG connections below PM Ujjwala

The Union Government on Monday (September 22, 2025) sanctioned the discharge of 25 lakh further LPG connections below the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in the course of the ongoing monetary 12 months (2025-26). As a results of the newest spherical of disbursal, the full connections distributed below the scheme since its inception would stand at 10.58 crore.

Launched in 2016, the first goal of the scheme is to offer LPG connections to girls from poor households with out having to pay for set up, first refill, hose, regulator and range. The prices are borne solely by the federal government and oil advertising and marketing corporations (OMCs). The first instalment of PMUY had managed to offer 8 crore connections. The second instalment of the scheme was launched in August 2021 with segregated targets spanning between 2022 and 2024. As of July this 12 months, the scheme has managed to offer greater than 10.33 crore LPG connections throughout the nation. In truth, this August, the federal government had authorized focused subsidy of ₹300 for each 14.2 kg cylinder and prolonged the eligible variety of refills to 9 per 12 months.

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The authorities could be spending ₹676 crore for the discharge of those connections, which incorporates ₹512.5 crore for offering deposit-free connections at ₹2,050 per connection; ₹160 crore for the focused subsidy introduced in August, and ₹3.5 crore in direction of challenge administration and administration bills, amongst different issues.