A MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT

ON

“UJJWALA YOJANA- A STEP TOWARDS WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT”

Submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of degree of

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

(2016-18)

AT

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES MOHANLAL SUKHADIA

UNIVERSITY, UDAIPUR 2018

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF:

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

MBA CMAT IV
 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Twinkle Singh, student of MBA CMAT IV semester, Faculty of
Management Studies, Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur has completed her Major
Research Project on the topic “Ujjwala Yojana- a step towards women empowerment” as a
part of curriculum for fourth semester under my supervision and he has completed his work
satisfactorily.

Prof. Anil Kothari Place: Udaipur

Project Guide Date:

 DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the Major Research Project “Ujjwala Yojana- a step towards Women
Empowerment” is original and bonafide work done by me.

The project is being submitted in partial fulfillment requirements for the award degree of
Master of Business Administration at Faculty of Management Studies, Udaipur (Rajasthan).

The contents of this project are based on the analysis done by me during the research period
and not submitted for the award of any other degree/diploma/fellowship or other similar titles
or prizes to any other Institution/School or University by any other person.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Every project big or small is successful largely due to effort of wonderful number of people
who have always given their valuable advice or lent a helping hand. I sincerely appreciate
the inspiration, support and guidance of all those people who have been instrumental in
making this research project a success. This project has consumed huge amount of work,
research & dedication. Still, implementation would not have been possible if I did not have a
support of many individuals. Therefore, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all of
them.

I want to thank the most important persons of this project, i.e., the management students of
Udaipur who have spared time for giving their views for my research project. Their sincere
attitude towards me & my project has really helped me to know the critical aspects of
Women Empowerment through Ujjwala Yojana. If they wouldn’t have shared this, such
realistic touch would not be possible.

I express my gratitude to Prof. Anil Kothari, Director (FMS College) for arranging such a
research project work where we could learn the fundamentals of research work. It just opens
up our vistas for research work through practical work. I also like to extend my gratitude to
my project guide Prof. Anil Kothari and Dr. Swati Bandi (Research Scholar), who assisted
incompleting the research project work.

I am very graeteful to Prof. Meera Mathur, Prof. Hanuman Prasad, and Prof. karunesh
Saxena for their valuable advice during the course of study.

Last but not least I place a deep sense of gratitude to my family members and my friends
who have been constant source of inspiration during the preparation of this research project
work.
 PREFACE

The research has been done to study “Ujjwala Yojana – a Step towards Women
Empowerment” The main objective of the research is to study whether the women of the BPL
households are getting empowered or not.

A survey has been conducted and data has been collected from various places in Udaipur city
with the help of a questionnaire and thus a report has been prepared. In the survey the
management students were interacted in order to find out their view points about the Ujjwala
Yojana. The sample size taken was 50 in order to ascertain fair result.

I take this opportunity to present the project report and sincerely hope that it will enhance the
knowledge of readers.
 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This project is expected to accomplish following task:

1. To find out how women have empowered themselves through this scheme.

2. To analyze the awareness of the Ujjwala Yojana among the women.

3. To study the success of the Ujjwala Yojana among women.

4. To study the impact of the scheme on women’s life.

This report is divided into five chapters:-

The first chapter consists of introduction about the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.

The second chapter of the report includes review of literature which includes text of
research papers which takes account of knowledge, findings as well as theoretical
contributions to a particular topic.

The third chapter is on Research Methodology which includes objectives of the research,
research design, sampling design and analysis techniques. It mainly focuses on how research
has been carried out.

The fourth chapter consists of data analysis and interpretation. This analysis is done on the
basis of response generated by the respondents. For each question the analysis is done and
presented in brief through diagrammatic representations & statistical analysis.

The fifth chapter summarizes the conclusions along with appropriate suggestions followed
by references, bibliography and annexure.
 CONTENT

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 CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
 1. INTRODUCTION

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana’s (PMUY) main aim is to safeguard the health of women &
children by providing them with a clean cooking fuel – LPG, so that they don’t have to
compromise their health in smoky kitchens or wander in unsafe areas collecting firewood.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana was launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra
Modi on May 1st, 2016 in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. Under this scheme, 5 Cr LPG connections
will be provided to BPL families with a support of Rs.1600 per connection in the next 3
years. Ensuring women’s empowerment, especially in rural India, the connections will be
issued in the name of women of the households. Rs. 8000 Cr. has been allocated towards the
implementation of the scheme. Identification of the BPL families will be done through Socio
Economic Caste Census Data.

PMUY is likely to result in an additional employment of around 1 Lakh and provide business
opportunity of at least Rs. 10,000 Cr. over the next 3 Years to the Indian Industry. Launch of
this scheme will also provide a great boost to the ‘Make in India’ campaign as all the
manufacturers of cylinders, gas stoves, regulators, and gas hose are domestic.

The launch of PMUY in Ballia was followed by launch of the scheme in Dahod in  Gujarat
by Petroleum Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan & BJP President Shri Amit Shah. PMUY
has also been launched in several districts in UP & Bihar.

India is home to more than 24 Crore households out of which about 10 Crore households are
still deprived of LPG as cooking fuel and have to rely on firewood, coal, dung – cakes etc. as
primary source of cooking. The smoke from burning such fuels causes alarming household
pollution and adversely affects the health of Women & children causing several respiratory
diseases/ disorders. As per a WHO report, smoke inhaled by women from unclean fuel is
equivalent to burning 400 cigarettes in an hour. In addition, women and children have to go
through the drudgery of collecting firewood.
1.1 TERMINOLOGY

Women are intrinsically part of the process of rural energy requirements, as they are engaged
in provision of vital amenities, such as safe and sufficient water for domestic needs, fodder
for cattle, farming activities and so forth. Women and energy have a strong relationship, for
they are the ones who work more to source it and utilize it. Limited access to energy is a
problem that has a disproportionate effect on women, especially in rural areas. It is most
often women who must expend large amounts of time and physical effort to supply fuel for
their households and productive needs, using their own labor to carry heavy loads over
increasingly long distances, at great risk to their health and safety. In cases where there is
limited availability of fuel wood, the food habits of the family changes which in turn affects
its nutritional requirements Other health hazards arise from the fact that women do most of
the cooking.

They and their young children are exposed to large amounts of smoke and particulates from
indoor fires and suffer from a number of respiratory diseases. Lack of energy services is
directly correlated with the major elements of poverty, including inadequate healthcare, low
education levels and limited employment opportunities.

Women spend up to eight hours a day in household chores while the young children stay with
them. Inefficient use of biomass in the traditional stoves coupled with insufficient ventilation
causes severe health hazards, and most of it affects women and girl children.
1.2 HOUSEHOLDS BY FUEL USED FOR COOKING

More than 62 % households in rural India use fire wood as a source of fuel for cooking.
Women often spend as long as eight hours per day on average in collecting fuel wood, and
leaf fodder which left them no time to take some income generating activity. Children are
significantly involved in collecting firewood, this in turn also induces lower levels of
schooling and child health. Kerosene is also a major source of cooking and lighting in rural
India. Not only kerosene is costly but also using kerosene leads to ill health. Indoor air
pollution from kerosene wick lamps can cause fatal respiratory problems over time. Deaths
from accidental fire are also all-too common, particularly among cramped, built-up
settlements.

1.3 INDOOR AIR POLLUTION

Until recently, the health effects of indoor air pollution have received relatively little attention
from the scientific community. Indoor pollution sources that release gases or particles into the
air are the primary cause of indoor air quality problems in homes. Inadequate ventilation can
increase indoor pollutant levels by not bringing in enough outdoor air to dilute emissions
from indoor sources and by not carrying indoor air pollutants out of the home. High
temperature and humidity levels can also increase concentrations of some pollutants. Indoor
pollutants can emanate from a range of sources. The health impacts from indoor exposure to
combustion products from heating, cooking, and the smoking of tobacco need to be assessed
in urban areas, exposure to indoor air pollution has increased due to a variety of reasons,
including the construction of more tightly sealed buildings, reduced ventilation, the use of
synthetic materials for building and furnishing and the use of chemical products, pesticides,
and household care products. Indoor air pollution can begin within the building or be drawn
in from outdoors. Other than nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and lead, there are a number
of other pollutants that affect the air quality in an enclosed space.
Specially in developing countries like India the rural area faces the greatest threat of poor
Indoor Air Quality where almost 3.5 million people still rely on traditional  fuels such as
firewood, charcoal, and cow dung for cooking and heating. Burning such fuels produces large
amount of smoke and other air pollutants in the confined space of home, resulting in high
exposure. Women and children are the groups most vulnerable as they spend more time
indoors and are exposed to the smoke.

The poor indoor air quality of home can lead to many serious health problems. Some of them
are listed below :

 Coughing and sneezing

 Red, watery eyes
 Fatigue
 Dizziness
 Headaches
 Upper respiratory congestion
 Blackened Nostrils
 Rhinitis, nasal congestion (inflammation of the nose, runny nose)
 Epistaxis (nose bleeds)
 Dyspnea (difficulty of breathing or painful breathing)
 Pharyngitis (sore throat), cough
 Wheezing, worsening asthma
 Severe lung disease
1.4 NEED

Use of energy efficient smokeless chulhas and use of cleaner fuels such as solar and biogas
are potential solutions which are presently scaling up in India, the poor have limited access to
cooking gas (LPG). The spread of LPG cylinders has been predominantly in the urban and
semi-urban areas with the coverage mostly in middle class and affluent households. But there
are serious health hazards associated with cooking based on fossil fuels. According to WHO
estimates about 5lakhs deaths in India alone due to unclean cooking fuels. Most of these
premature deaths were due to non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, stroke,
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer. Indoor air pollution is also
responsible for a significant number of acute respiratory illnesses in young children.
According to experts, having an open fire in the kitchen is like burning 400 cigarettes an
hour.

Providing LPG connections to BPL households will ensure universal coverage of cooking gas
in the country. This measure will empower women and protect their health. It will reduce
drudgery and the time spent on cooking. It will also provide employment for rural youth in
the supply chain of cooking gas.

1.5 TARGET BENEFICIARIES-

Under the scheme, five crore LPG connections are to be provided to BPL households. The
identification of eligible BPL families will be made in consultation with the State
Governments and the Union Territories.

BPL is a person/ household who suffers from at least one deprivation under the Socio-
Economic Caste census (SECC) - 2011 Database.

While the selection of beneficiaries would be from the BPL families only, preference would
be given to SC/ST and weaker sections of society. While providing the new connections to
BPL households, priority would be given to the States which have lower LPG coverage
(compared to the national average) as on 1st Jan, 2016.Release of LPG connection under this
Scheme shall be in the name of the women belonging to the BPL family.
 1.6 DURATION OF SCHEME

The Scheme would be implemented over three years, namely, the FY 2016-17, 2017-18 and
2018-19 across the country.

1.7 BENEFIT TO THE CITIZEN

Under the scheme, 5 crore LPG connections are to be provided to BPL households. The
Scheme provides a financial support of Rs 1600 for each LPG connection to the BPL
households. The administrative cost of Rs. 1600 per connection, which includes a cylinder,
pressure regulator, booklet, safety hose, etc. would be borne by the Government.

1.8 IMPLEMENTATION MODALITIES OF THE SCHEME-

 A woman of the BPL household, which does not have access to LPG connection may
apply for a new LPG connection (in the prescribed format) to the LPG distributor.
 While submitting the application form, the woman will submit details, like Address,
Jandhan/ Bank Account and Aadhar number (if the Aadhar number is not available,
steps would be taken in coordination with UIDAI for issue of Aadhar number to the
woman of BPL household)
 The LPG Field officials will match the application against SECC - 2011 database and,
after ascertaining their BPL status, enter the details (name, address etc) into a
dedicated OMC Web portal through a login/ password given by the OMCs
 OMCs will undertake electronically the de-duplication exercise and other measures
due diligence for a new LPG connection
 The connection shall be issued by the OMC to the eligible beneficiaries (after
completion of various stages above).
 While the connection charges would be borne by the Government, the OMCs would
provide an option for the new consumer to opt for EMIs, if she so desires, to cover the
cost of a cooking stove and first refill. The EMI amount may be recovered by the
OMCs from the subsidy amount due to the consumer on each refill; In case the State
Government or a voluntary organization or an individual wishes to contribute the cost
of a stove and/or first refill, they would be free to do so in coordination with the
 OMCs. However, this would be under the overall umbrella of PMUY and no other
Scheme name/ tagline would be allowed without express approval of the Ministry of
Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoP&NG)

 OMCs will also organize Melas' at various locations for release of connections to BPL
families. This will be done in the presence of public representatives and distinguished
personalities of the area.
 The scheme will cover BPL families under all forms of distributorship and for various
sizes of cylinders (like 14.2 kg, 5 kg, etc.) depending on the field situation.
 Benefits under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana has been extended to people of all
Hilly States including NE States by treating them as ‘Priority States’. This step will
effectively address the difficulty faced by poor people residing in the States of Jammu
and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur,
Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Tripura in accessing LPG for cooking
purposes.
 CHAPTER 2
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
 REVIEW OF LITERATURE

[ CITATION Ahm18 \l 1033 ] : From study it is seen that the accessibility to cleaner fuel and
affordability is the key issue to the rural poor. The PMUY is helping to address these issues
by subsidizing LPG connections, LPG refill and LPG Stove to economically weaker and
socially marginalized families. This scheme is also fostering to women empowerment and
living healthy society.
The women are also getting involved in other financial decision of the family like ordering
for LPG refill, maintaining bank account for subsidies etc.
This one time assistance to BPL family by the government is giving a greater push towards
use of cleaner fuel but however the affordability will remain core issue as the bio fuel is
cheaply available unless the BPL family develops the capacity of using cleaner fuel.

[ CITATION Amo17 \l 1033 ]: This study designed women empower on education and
employment which being basic deserves of common people and have been good that proved
by collected data from secondary sources covered the year from 1950 -2014 for holistic
study.. The classifications of women empowerment has hidden but there are two effective
empowerment have boosting women for taken given rights that are, Education and
Employment. Executed schemes for women have enhance them to achieve targets in different
sectors though, education and employment are the significant tools to enrich the women
status upward among societies and it consider them that they have empowered or deserved to
meet all challenges prevailing against them in the society
[ CITATION Amo171 \l 1033 ] Describes the scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana' in the
aspect of assessment of economic impact and it enumerated statements with the economic
thoughts classified into socio-economic factor that deals with occaupation, income, education
and health and economic factors that points Imports, consumption and demand based on rural
aspects with PMUY scheme.
The experimental research have taken for the implementation of PMUY scheme to the people
living under BPL to obtain free cooking energy LPG connection along with the benefits they
accrue.

[ CITATION DrD17 \l 1033 ] Indian LPG story has been an exemplary case of making clean
cooking fuel available, accessible and affordable to all sections of the people, thereby
preventing indoor air pollution, arresting deforestation and mitigating greenhouse gas
emission.
Last three years, during the regime of BJP led NDA Government at the centre, addressed
these issues by initiatives like direct transfer of subsidy into customer’s bank account
(DBTL-PAHAL), voluntary surrender of subsidy (Give-it-up) and by providing free
installation of LPG to targeted households at the bottom of the socio-economic pyramid
(Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana - PMUY)
Honorable Reviews on PMUY (2017)

Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi

This scheme introduced is found that there was lack of LPG connections made in the city and
it is a gift for both men and women in the cooking process. And it gives subsidy in the Jan
Dhan accounts of family women and if this scheme is implemented, women health conditions
will not affected by such primary cooking energy and it helps keep themselves good.
 CHAPTER 3
OBJECTIVES & RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
Objective of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

It is aimed at providing free LPG connections in the name of women in BPL (Below Poverty
Line) households across the country. The government has set a target of 5 Crore LPG
connections to be distributed to the BPL households across the country under the scheme.
Some of the main objectives of the scheme are:

 Empowering women and protecting their health

 Assisting in cutting short the issue of the air pollution due to use of fossil fuel.

 Reducing the serious health hazards associated with cooking based on fossil fuels.

 Reducing the number of deaths in India due to unclean cooking fuels, which is about
5lakhs every year in India.

 Preventing young children from significant number of acute respiratory illnesses

caused due to indoor air pollution by burning the fossil fuels.
 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:

3.1 RESEARCH

Research is the process of systematic or in-depth study or research of any topic, topic or
research area, supported by data collection. Complication, presentation and interpretation of
relevant data or data. It is a research or an accurate investigation of any topic, which is an
effort to discover or discover valuable facts that could be useful for a subsequent application
or use

The research methodology is the systematic analysis of problems, the construction of models
and the research of facts in order to improve the decision-making process. It is the synthesis
of the collection and analysis of data on goods and services that helps to decide nature and
satisfy demand. Research may involve scientific studies or experiments and result in
discoveries or inventions that would aid scientific development or decision making.

This chapter provides a discussion on the scheme of the research methodology used in this
study. It focuses on research objectives, research design, sampling design data collection
methods, research tools
3.2 OBJECTIVES OF RESEARCH

To familiarize yourself with the phenomenon or to get new knowledge.

• To accurately represent the characteristics of an individual, a particular situation or group

(studies with the object in view are known as descriptive studies)

• Determine how often something happens or what is associated with something else (studies
with the object in view are called exploratory research studies).

• Verification of the hypothesis of the causal relationship between the variables (these studies
are known as hypothesis test research studies)

3.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The main objectives of my study are:

1. To find out how women have empowered themselves through this scheme.

2. To analyze the awareness of the Ujjwala Yojana among the women.

3. To study the success of the Ujjwala Yojana among women.

4. To study the impact of the scheme on women’s life.

3.4 RESEARCH DESIGN

The research design refers to the overall strategy that you choose to integrate the different
components of the study in a coherent and logical way, thereby, ensuring you will effectively
address the research problem; it constitutes the blueprint for the collection, measurement, and
analysis of data.
For the purpose of conducting the study exploratory and descriptive research design is
adopted to make the study meaningful. Exploratory Research is research conducted to study
the problem more clearly, to establish priorities, develop operational definitions and improve
the final research design. Exploratory research helps determine the best research design, data-
collection method and selection of subjects. While descriptive research is used to describe
characteristics of a population being studied. A descriptive survey enabled to describe the
characteristics of the variables of interest.

3.5 DATA SOURCES

After an extensive literature review this project is conducted with the objective of obtaining
the information from the BPL families regarding the usage of gas cylinders under the scheme
of Ujjwala Yojana and to analyze whether the scheme has empowered women or not.

a) Primary data:
These are those data, which are collected afresh and for the first time, and thus
happen to be original in character. We have used the structured questioners.
This data have been collected from respondents. A structured questionnaire
has been designed to collect the primary data. The questionnaire has been
filled from different parts of Udaipur city from 50 respondents.
b) Secondary data:
These are those data which already have been collected by someone else and
which already have been passed through the statistical process. We collect the
data from the sources like internet, published data, books, magazines etc.
3.6 POPULATION OF STUDY

This Study was conducted at the Udaipur City, Rajasthan, India.

3.7 SAMPLING SIZE

It is the total number of respondents targeted for collecting the data for the research. I have
taken sample size of 50 respondents for our research.

3.8 SAMPLING TECHNIQUE

Random sampling and Quota sampling technique is used in this research project.

3.9 DATA

In this paper, total 50 female respondents are participated fairly with the age group of 25-60.
Participants, which included BPL families. Further they included the women who were not
even aware about the scheme. The sampling technique used for the paper is Random within
Quota sampling by age and gender. Research has introduced relation among search effort
age, gender and economic conditions.

3.10 METHODOLOGY

A survey was conducted by a carefully developed questionnaire to investigate the BPL

families in Udaipur city, India. A combination of both open-ended and close-ended questions
was asked to analysis the pre-determined objectives.
3.11 RESEARCH INVESTIGATE

The research is investigating the implementation of the Ujjwala Yojana among the BPL
families and is investigating whether the women has empowered through it or not. Also an
effort is made to know what women do in their spare time, whether the health problems has
reduced after switching to gas cylinders from charcoal, wood etc. An exploratory research
has been done in order to know how the ujjwala yojana has empowered women. Its
investigates whether this social welfare scheme has become fruitful for the women of the
society or not.

Limitations of the Study

 Research has been done only in Udaipur City.

 Some of the persons were not so responsive.
 Possibility of error in data collection

HYPOTHESIS:

A hypothesis is a specific, testable prediction. It describes in concrete terms what you expect
will happen in a certain circumstance. A hypothesis is used in an experiment to define the
relationship between two variables. The purpose of a hypothesis is to find the answer to a
question. The first variable is called the independent variable. This is the part of the
experiment that can be changed and tested. The independent variable happens first and can be
considered the cause of any changes in the outcome. The outcome is called the dependent
variable.

Hypothesis for the Research:

 There is no significant difference between success on women in regards to

Ujjwala yojana.
 There is no significant difference between impact on women’s life in regards to
Ujjwala yojana.
 CHAPTER 4

DATA ANALYSIS
 DATA ANALYSIS

In this chapter data has been analyzed on the basis of the questionnaire filled by the respondents.

Here the data has been analyzed in order to draw some findings and suggestion if required.

1. Are you aware of government scheme of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana?

Awareness

NO
YES

INTERPRETAION:
In the above survey, 50 female respondents were taken under consideration. Out of which 15
were not even awared about the scheme. The remaining 35 were awared about the scheme.

2. If yes, from where did you get this information about the scheme?

SOURCE OF INFORMATION

PANCHAYAT
CAMPAIGN
FRIENDS
ADVERTISEMENTS
OTHERS

INTERPRETATION:

In the above survey, 50 female respondents were taken under consideration. Out of which 42
women got the knowledge about the Ujjawala Yojana through the campaign conducted by
government. 3 women got the knowledge about the scheme from their friends. Remaining 5
women were informed about the scheme through their village’s panchayat. Advertisements and
other sources of information like newspaper did not play any role in spreading the information
regarding the Ujjawala Yojana.
 3. What is the main source of fuel used for cooking in your kitchen ?

SOURCE OF FUEL

GAS
CHARCOAL
WOOD
COW DUNG

INTERPRETATION:

In the above survey, 50 female respondents were taken under consideration. Out of which 25
women were using wood as a source of fuel in the kitchen. 10 women were using gas as a
source of fuel in the kitchen. 5 women were using charcoal as a source of fuel in the kitchen
and remaining 10 women were using cow dung as a source of fuel in the kitchen.

4. Did you follow campaign to empower other women about PMUY / you were part of
campaign to aware others?

CONTRIBUTION

YES
NO

INTERPRETATION:
In the above survey, 50 female respondents were taken under consideration. Out of which 33
women were active participants in the campaign in order to educate other women about the
scheme and to inspire them to divert themselves in some creative activities. Rest 17 women were
not involved in any campaign.

5. How satisfied are you from PMUY in terms of benefits?

SATISFACTION
45

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

0
Highly satisfied Satisfied Moderately satisfied Unsatisfied Highly unsatisfied

INTERPRETATION:

In the above survey, 50 female respondents were taken under consideration. Out of which
20 women were moderately satisfied. 5 women were highly satisfied. Another 5 were
 somewhat satisfied but 15 women were not satisfied from the implementation of the
scheme and the rest 5 were highly unsatisfied.

6. Have your health improved after switching to gas cylinders?

HEALTH BENEFIT

YES
NO

INTERPRETATION:
In the above survey, 50 female respondents were taken under consideration. Out of which 35
women agreed with the fact that usage of gas cylinders has improved their health. Rest 15
women did not have any health problem.

7. Do you still prefer using other methods of cooking over gas cylinders?

PREFRENCE

YES
NO

INTERPRETATION:

In the above survey, 50 female respondents were taken under consideration. Out of which 40
women said yes they preferred other methods of cooking over gas cylinders at times.
 8. How often do you use gas cylinders?

USAGE
70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
VERY OFTEN OFTEN RARELY VERY RARELY

INTERPRETATION:
In the above survey, 50 female respondents were taken under consideration. Out of which 30
women said that they use gas cylinders more often. 10 women said that they rarely use the gas
cylinders.

9. Did you receive subsidy amount?

Subsidy

NO
 INTERPRETATION:
Among all the female respondents who were using gas cylinders under the scheme of
Ujjwala yojana nobody got the subsidy amount till date.

10. How many times do you refill your cylinder?

REFILLING

ONCE A MONTH
TWICE A MONTH
EVERY SECOND MONTH
EVERY THIRD MONTH
INTERPRETATION:
Majority of the respondents refill the gas cylinders once a month, 20% refilled twice a
month, 5% refill every second month and the rest 5% refill every third month.

CHAPTER 5
SUGGESTIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
OUTCOMES OF THE RESEARCH REPORT

This major research project was done with the aim to acknowledge whether women of the
society is empowered or not after indulging the gas cylinders as a source of fuel in their kitchen.

The following are the facts and findings of the research.

1. Majority of the women of the BPL households were aware about the Pradhan Mantri
Ujjwala through the campaign which was conducted by the Govt. officials.
It was held in the Badi village, Udaipur.
2. The people mainly used to use wood as the source of fuel in their kitchen before the
implementation of the Ujjwala Yojana. But still people are not completely shifted
towards the gas cylinders. During the survey I came to know that in order to save the gas
cylinder usage at times women used to cook in traditional way.
3. In order to avail the services provided under this scheme the women should hold a
Bhamasha card.
4. The gas cylinder is provided under the name of the women of the family. If any sudden
demise of the women happens then the family will not be able to prevail the services of
the Ujjwala Yojana.
5. The popularity of the scheme is not much. It was found that people are still not aware
about the scheme. The print media and advertisements are not playing an important role
in spreading the benefits of the scheme.
6. The families who has availed the services of the yojana are indulge in many activities,
some are associated with the Sadhana NGO, some are working as labour at farms, some
are working as housemaids.
7. Majority of the women are not aware about the subsidy received in their account.

8. Ujjwala yojana has failed as a step towards women empowerment as empowering the
women of the society was a matter of subject from many years. Many were working at
Sadhna and farms even before the implementation of the Yojana. And still there are some
women who are still not working with any organisation inspite of having spare time.
9. Women are still using other sources of fuels at times when the gas cylinders gets empty
before time. Due to the high prices they are refilling the cyclinder only once a month.
 SUGGESTIONS

1. More awareness should be created among the society and the individuals through print
media, advertisements, television etc
2. All the BPL families should be surveyed and every family should be inspired to have gas
connection as it will not only save time but it will also reduce the air pollution which is
also the need of the hour.
3. The procedure of distributing subsidy should be transparent.
4. More number of distribution channels should be developed in order to provide gas
cylinders to every household.
5. Every women should be allowed to give a nominee in case if she dies the later can avail
the services.
 CONCLUSION

This is where the scheme is failing. While the number of LPG connections across India has
increased by an impressive 16.26% since the scheme was launched, the use of gas cylinders
increased by only 9.83%. This is even lower than the rate recorded in 2014-’15, when the
scheme did not exist, according to data from the government’s Petroleum Planning and Analysis
Cell and other data accessed by Scroll.in. This difference between the increase in the number of
connections and the sale of cylinders is a consequence of the fact that many people with new
connections are not buying refilled cylinders after their first one runs out.

Moreover, the women is not getting empowered through this scheme as they were still working
even before the implementation of the yojana. This Yojana will definitely reduce the air
pollution but the scenario of empowering women is doubtful.
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 Annexure

Questionnaire on Ujjwala Yojana – A step towards Women Empowerment

 Name-
 Age –

 Are you aware of government scheme of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana?

YES
NO

 If yes, from where did you get this information about the scheme?
1. Panchayat
2. Campaign
3. Friends
4. Advertisements
5. Others

 What is the main source of fuel used for cooking in your kitchen ?
1. Gas
2. Charcoal
3. Wood
4. Cow dung

 Did you follow campaign to empower other women about PMUY / you were part of
campaign to aware others?
Yes
No

 Do you get spare time after switching to gas cylinders?

 How did you utilize your spare time?

 How satisfied are you from PMUY in terms of benefits?

o Highly satisfied
o Satisfied
o Moderately satisfied
o Unsatisfied
o Highly unsatisfied

 Have your health improved after switching to gas cylinders?

Yes
No

 Do you still prefer using other methods of cooking over gas cylinders?
Yes
No
Why?______________________________________________________

 How often do you use gas cylinders?

o Very often
o Often
o Rarely
o Very rarely

 Did you receive subsidy amount?

Yes
No
 How many times do you refill your cylinder?
o Once a month
o Twice a month
o Every second month
o Every third month

 What suggestions do you give about women empowerment and about this yojana?