Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana scheme 2016 Application form at petroleum.nic.in

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana scheme 2016 Application form at petroleum.nic.in

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana scheme 2016 Application form at petroleum.nic.in : Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is an ambitious social welfare scheme of Narendra Modi Government. Under the PM Ujjwala Yojana, the government aims to provide free LPG connections to BPL households in the country. The scheme is aimed at replacing the unclean cooking fuels mostly used in the rural India with the clean and more efficient LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas).  Ujjwala Yojana 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

1. Empowering women and protecting their health.
2. Assisting in cutting short the issue of the air pollution due to use of fossil fuel.
3. Reducing the serious health hazards associated with cooking based on fossil fuels.
4. Reducing the number of deaths in India due to unclean cooking fuels, which is about 5 lakh every year in India.
5. Preventing young children from significant number of acute respiratory illnesses caused due to indoor air pollution by burning the fossil fuels.

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana scheme 2016 Application form at petroleum.nic.in

Eligibility for PM Ujjwala Yojana

The identification of eligible BPL families will be made in consultation with the State Governments and the Union Territories. However below is the basic eligibility criteria for the scheme.

• The applicant should be a women above the age of 18 years.
• The women applicant should belong to BPL (Below Poverty Line).
• The women applicant should have a saving bank account in any nationalized bank across the country to receive subsidy amount.
• The applicant’s household should not already own a LPG connection in anyone’s name.

Steps to Apply for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

The interested women candidates from BPL families can apply for the scheme by filling up the Ujjwala Yojana application form (in prescribed format). The application form is available free of cost at the LPG distribution centers across the country. The interested candidates require to fill the 2 page application form and attach required documents along with the form. The basic details such as Name, Contact details, Jan Dhan / Bank account number, Aadhar card number etc are required to fill in the application form. The applicants also need to mention their requirement of cylinder type i.e. 14.2KG or 5KG. Application forms for Ujjwala Yojana can also be downloaded online and submitted to nearest LPG outlet along with required documents.

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana Application 

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