About PMUY

• The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas launched PMUY in 2016 to provide clean cooking fuel to poor households.
• It aims to provide 8 crore deposit free LPG connections to poor households. The connections are issued in the name of women of the households. 
• The scheme increases the usage of LPG and helps in reducing health disorders, air pollution and deforestation. Use of fossil fuels and conventional fuel like cow-dung, firewood etc. has serious implications on the health of rural women and children.  
• Initially, the beneficiaries were identified through Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC),  2011 data. The scope of PMUY has now been expanded to cover all the poor families in the country subject to fulfilling the terms and conditions. 
• Under the scheme, cash assistance of Rs. 1600 is given to the beneficiaries to get a deposit-free new connection. Further, interest free loans are provided to purchase a stove and refill by Oil Marketing Companies.

PMUJ 2.0

• Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the second phase of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana – Ujjwala 2.0.
• During Ujjwala 1.0, launched in 2016, a target was set to provide LPG connections to 5 crore women members of BPL households. Later, the target was revised to 8 Crore LPG connections which was achieved in August 2019.
• In the Union budget for Financial Year 2021-22, a provision for an additional one crore LPG connection under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana was announced. These one crore additional connections under Ujjwala 2.0 aim to provide deposit-free LPG connections to those low-income families who could not be covered under the earlier phase of this scheme.
• Along with a deposit free LPG connection, Ujjwala 2.0 will provide first refill and hotplate free of cost to the beneficiaries. 

Why in News?

• Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli said a special provision has been made in the second edition of the Ujjwala Scheme for migrant families to avail new LPG connections. 
• Migrant applicants can give a self-declaration as the proof of address and family composition to get LPG connections.
• The average consumption of LPG cylinders under Ujjwala 2.0 was three cylinders of 14.2 kilograms in 2019-20, which has increased to 4.39 cylinders in the last financial year.

Reference:

1. https://newsonair.gov.in/News?title=Special-provision-made-in-2nd-edition-of-Ujjwala-Scheme-for-migrant-families-to-avail-new-LPG-connections%3a-Centre&id=431189