Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 2.0 Click Here to Apply Online

Dear Friends Good News for, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 2.0 Swachh Indhan Behtar Jeevan In May 2016, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOPNG), introduced the ‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana’ (PMUY) as a flagship scheme with an objective to make clean cooking fuel such as LPG available to the rural and deprived households which were otherwise using traditional cooking fuels such as firewood, coal, cow-dung cakes etc. Usage of traditional cooking fuels had detrimental impacts on the health of rural women as well as on the environment.

The scheme was launched on 1st May 2016 in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri. Narendra Modi.

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 2.0

• The target under the scheme was to release 8 Crore LPG Connections to the deprived households by March 2020.
• On 7th September 2019, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India handed over the 8th Crore LPG connection in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
• Ujjwala 2.0: Additional allocation of 1.6 Crore LPG Connections under PMUY scheme with special facility to migrant households. Target number of connections under Ujjwala 2.0 was achieved during Dec’22, thus taking overall connections under the scheme to 9.6 Crore.
• Government of India has approved release of additional 75 lakh connections under PMUY Scheme, taking overall target under the scheme to 10.35 Crore, against which connections are getting released now.

Eligibility criteria to avail connection under Ujjwala 2.0

• Applicant ( woman only) must have attained 18 years of age.
• There should not be any other LPG connection from any OMC in the same household.
• Adult woman belonging to any of the following categories – SC, ST, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin), Most Backward Classes (MBC), Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY), Tea and Ex- Tea Garden tribes, Forest Dwellers, People residing in Islands and River Islands, enlisted under SECC Households (AHL TIN) or any Poor Household as per 14-point declaration.

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 2.0 Documents required

1. Know Your Customer(KYC)
2. Aadhaar Card of applicant as Proof of Identity and Proof of Address in case applicant is residing at the same address as mentioned in Aadhaar (not mandatory for Assam and Meghalaya).
3. Ration Card issued by the State from which application is being made/ other State Govt. document certifying family composition/ Self-Declaration as per Annexure I (for migrant applicants)
4. Aadhaar of beneficiary and adult family members appearing in document at Sl. 3.
5. Bank Account Number and IFSC
6. Supplementary KYC to support status of the family.

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana 2.0 Important Links

Help Line Number

1. 1906 (LPG Emergency Helpline)
2. 1800-233-3555 (Toll Free Helpline)
3. 1800-266-6696 (Ujjwala Helpline)