Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries receive free LPG cylinders

From April to mid-May 2020, over 80 million Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries received 68 million free liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders. Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP), for ameliorating COVID-19-related pain of the poor, in March the government had announced the distribution of three free 14.2 kg LPG cylinders to PMUY beneficiaries from April to June 2020. Three cylinders for 80 million beneficiaries translated into giving away 240 million cooking gas cylinders for free. During April 2020, oil marketing companies delivered 45.3 million cylinders to PMUY beneficiaries under the PMGKP.