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Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently announced in the cabinet meeting to reduce the price of LPG cylinder by Rs 100. After this, now the Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh has given a big gift of Holi to the Ujjwala beneficiaries of the state. More than 1 crore families of the state will get free LPG cylinders from the government on the festival.
Benefits to the beneficiaries of Ujjwala scheme
People of Uttar Pradesh will be given free gas cylinders on the festival of colors Holi. This announcement has been made by the Yogi Adityanath government of the state. This will directly benefit 1.75 crore families of the state. Actually, this free cylinder will be the second phase of the government's announcement in which it had promised to provide 2 free LPG cylinders in a year. Beneficiaries of the Centre's Ujjwala scheme will get the benefit of free cylinder.
Free cylinders were also given on Diwali
Earlier, the Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh had given free cylinders to Ujjwala beneficiaries on Diwali also. To provide this benefit, the Yogi Adityanath government had announced a budget of Rs 2312 crore for the financial year 2023-24 and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (CM Yogi Adityanath) on November 10, 2023 along with the Ujjwala scheme- This scheme was launched with. Beneficiary. Approval was given to transfer the subsidy amount to the accounts. Now under this scheme, it has been announced to give the second free gas cylinder on the occasion of Holi.
Central government is giving subsidy of Rs 300
After this announcement of the government, Holi of the beneficiaries of Ujjwala scheme is going to be even more colorful. It is noteworthy that in the current financial year, the beneficiaries of PM Ujjwala Yojana are being given a subsidy of Rs 300 by the Central Government. Apart from this, the Uttar Pradesh government is providing relief to the public by providing free LPG cylinders (refills) during Holi and Diwali.
1.31 crore cylinders distributed so far
In the first phase of this scheme of the Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh, 80.30 lakh free cylinder refills were delivered on the occasion of Diwali from 1 November 2023 to 15 February 2024, while 50.87 lakh cylinders have been refilled since 1 January. delivered. , This means that approximately 1.31 crore LPG cylinder refills have been distributed.