Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries to get a gas cylinder free: Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today announced that Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries will be given a cooking gas cylinder free of cost as a “Diwali gift”.

The Chief Minister made the announcement during an event in Bulandshahr where he inaugurated multiple development projects worth Rs 632 crore. The projects include 104 projects worth Rs 208 crore that have been inaugurated, and 152 projects worth Rs 424 crore whose foundation stone has been laid. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a gift to every family through the Ujjwala yojna and reduced cylinder prices by Rs 300. Now we have also decided that every Ujjwala yojana connection beneficiary will be given one cooking gas cylinder free of cost as a Diwali gift,” Yogi Adityanath said.

Yogi Adityanath said getting LPG gas connections was a difficult task before the current BJP government came to power in 2014. Around 1.75 crore families in Uttar Pradesh alone have benefited from the Ujjwala scheme, he said. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is a central government initiative that gives financial support for LPG connection to BPL (Below Poverty Line) families. Highlighting other BJP schemes, the chief minister said that there are 55 lakh women who have become homeowners in Uttar Pradesh under the PM Awas Yojna, while 2.75 lakh toilets have been built in the state under ‘Swachh Bharat’ initiative.

“In the last nine years, we all have witnessed a new India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This new India is prosperous, powerful and self reliant,” Yogi Adityanath said. He said the new India has benefitted all categories of people and citizens, including the youth and women of the country after 2014.

“What with ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign has now reached a point where Parul Chaudhary (women’s 5000m) and Annu Rani (javelin) are now winning gold medals in the Asian games,” he said, adding both have brought laurels to the country and UP.