CM Adityanath also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 132 projects worth Rs 136 crore in Hapur district, where he was joined by state BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary, Union Minister Kaushal Kishore, UP Social Welfare Minister Aseem Arun and others
Free LPG: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday announced that beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme will be given a free LPG cylinder as a “Diwali gift”. He said that the government’s decision will benefit about 1.75 crore families of the state. The Chief Minister made this announcement during an event in Bulandshahr, where he inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of several development projects worth Rs 632 crore.
Laying the foundation stone of 132 projects worth Rs 136 crore
Later in the day, Adityanath also inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 132 projects worth Rs 136 crore in Hapur district, where he was joined by state BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary, Union minister Kaushal Kishore, UP Social Welfare Minister Aseem Arun and others. Referring to the Centre’s recent announcement of increasing the subsidy on LPG connections under the scheme, Adityanath said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a gift to every family through the Ujjwala scheme and reduced the cylinder prices by Rs 300.
Statement of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
“Now we have also decided that every beneficiary of the Ujjwala scheme will be given one LPG cylinder free of cost as a Diwali gift,” the Chief Minister said in Bulandshahr. Adityanath said getting LPG gas connections was a difficult task before the BJP government came to power at the Center in 2014.
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is an initiative of the Central Government which provides financial assistance to BPL (Below Poverty Line) families for LPG connection. Talking about other BJP schemes, the Chief Minister said that 55 lakh women have become home owners under the PM Awas Yojana in UP, while 2.75 lakh toilets have been built in the state under the ‘Swachh Bharat’ initiative.
