PRADHAN MANTRI UJJWALA YOJANA (PMUY)

• Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) aims 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.
• On 7th September 2019, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India handed
over the 8th Crore LPG connection in Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
• The release of 8 Crore LPG connections under the scheme has
also helped in increasing the LPG coverage from 62% on 1st
May 2016 to 99.8% as on 1st April 2021.
• Under the Union Budget for FY 21-22, provision for release of
additional 1 Crore LPG connections under the PMUY scheme
has been made. In this phase, special facility has been given to
migrant families.
Eligibility Criteria To Apply For Ujjwala
Scheme
1.Adult woman belonging to any of the following categories.
1. SC Households
2. ST Households
3. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin)
4. Most Backward Classes
5. Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)
6. Tea and Ex- Tea Garden tribes
7. Forest Dwellers
8. People residing in Islands and River Islands
9. SECC Households (AHL TIN)
10.Poor Household as per 14-point declaration
2.Applicant must have attained 18 years of age.
3.There should not be any other LPG connections in the same household.
Pmuy Benefits
• Cash assistance for PMUY connections is provided by Government of
India - Rs. 1600 (for a connection 14.2kg cylinder/ Rs. 1150 for a 5 kg
cylinder). The cash assistance covers:
• Security Deposit of Cylinder – Rs. 1250 for 14.2 kg cylinder/ Rs. 800 for
5 kg cylinder
• Pressure Regulator – Rs. 150
• LPG Hose – Rs. 100
• Domestic Gas Consumer Card – Rs. 25
• Inspection/ Installation/ Demonstration charges – Rs. 75
• Additionally, All PMUY beneficiaries will be provided with first LPG
refill and Stove (hotplate) both free of cost along with their deposit
free connection by the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs).
Public Distribution System(PDS)

• The public distribution system (PDS) is an Indian food security

system that was established by the Government of India under
the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to
distribute food and non-food items to India's poor at subsidised
rates.
• Major commodities distributed include staple food grains, such
as wheat, rice, sugar and essential fuels like kerosene, through a
network of fair price shops (also known as ration shops)
established in several states across the country. Food
Corporation of India, a government-owned corporation, procures
and maintains the PDS.
 HISTORY OF PDS
• This scheme was first started on 14 January 1945, during the Second
World War, and was launched in the current form in June 1947.
• The introduction of rationing in India dates back to the 1940s Bengal
famine.
• This rationing system was revived in the wake of acute food shortage
during the early 1960s, before the Green Revolution. It involves two
types, RPDS and TPDS.
• In 1992, PDS became RPDS (Revamped PDS) focusing the poor
families, especially in the far-flung, hilly, remote and inaccessible areas.
• In 1997 RPDS became TPDS (Targeted PDS) which established Fair
Price Shops for the distribution of food grains at subsidized rates.
 TYPES OF PDS.
• The public distribution in India includes two types: Revamped Public
Distribution System (RPDS) and Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).
• The Food Corporation of India allocated the food storage and transportation
of food supply to the state governments. This system was implemented
mainly to solve the scarcity problem and to maintain the Nutritional security
of India.
• Revamped Public Distribution System (RPDS) is the system that comes under
the public distribution system that ensures food security of the People of
India. In the year 1992 RPDS was introduced in 1,700 blocks. This system was
mainly implemented to provide food in remote and backward areas.
• Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) is the system that distributes
basic food supplies based on the poverty line; it is given as per the above and
below the poverty line of people. The Government supplies the food grains
and it is responsible for delivering it to people through ration shops.