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Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-05-28): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said his government has distributed 10 crore LPG connections in four years, including four crore free to poor women of which 45 per cent beneficiaries have been Dalits and tribals resulting in a "big social transformation". [...] Interacting through video-conference with some women beneficiaries who received free cooking gas connection under the Ujjwala Yojana, a flagship welfare scheme aimed at increasing LPG coverage among the poor, the prime minister said 10 crore LPG connections have been given in the last four years as compared to 13 crore in six decades since independence. [...] Ujjwala scheme was launched in May 2016 to provide in three years as many as 5 crore free LPG connections to women from extremely poor households. It also aims to reduce the use of polluting fuels such as wood and dried cow dung that, according to the World Health Organization, cause 1.3 million premature deaths in India every year.
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-05-28): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, said 10 crore LPG connections including 4 crore, free to poor women, were given in last four years, compared to 13 crore in six decades since independence, as his government stepped up efforts to shield women and children from kitchen smoke. [...] Launched in May 2016, the scheme aims to provide in next three years, as many as, 5 crore free cooking gas connections to women from extremely poor households, aimed at reducing the use of polluting fuels such as wood and dried cow dung that, according to the World Health Organization, cause 1.3 million premature deaths in India every year. [...] Modi said LPG is the cleanest and easily available source of energy that is giving women a healthier lifestyle, saving them time, helping them financially and saving the environment. As many as 45 per cent of the four crore free LPG connections given under Ujwalla are to dalits, he said.
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-02-28): In an interview, Kapoor said a record-breaking 8 crore free LPG connections were provided to poor women households in just four years alongside the aggressive rollout of cooking gas, taking the number of LPG users in the country to about 29 crore. [...] The Ujjwala Yojana was launched in May 2016 with a target to give free LPG connections to 5 crore mostly rural women members of below the poverty line (BPL) households. The list was later expanded to include all SC/ST households and forest dwellers, among others. In 2018, the scheme was extended to all poor households and the target raised to 8 crore connections.
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-02-28): In an interview with PTI, Kapoor said a record-breaking eight crore free LPG connections were provided to poor women households in just four years alongside the aggressive rollout of cooking gas, taking the number of LPG users in the country to about 29 crore. [...] The Ujjwala Yojana was launched in May 2016 with a target to give free LPG connections to 5 crore mostly rural women members of below the poverty line (BPL) households. The list was later expanded to include all SC/ST households and forest dwellers, among others. In 2018, the scheme was extended to all poor households and the target raised to 8 crore connections.
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-02-28): In an interview with PTI, Kapoor said a record-breaking 8 crore free LPG connections were provided to poor women households in just four years alongside the aggressive rollout of cooking gas, taking the number of LPG users in the country to about 29 crore. [...] The Ujjwala Yojana was launched in May 2016 with a target to give free LPG connections to 5 crore mostly rural women members of below the poverty line (BPL) households. The list was later expanded to include all SC/ST households and forest dwellers, among others. In 2018, the scheme was extended to all poor households and the target raised to 8 crore connections.
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2022-03-01): The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri RameswarTeli in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today informed that the Government launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in 2016 to provide clean cooking fuel to poor households and the target to provide 8 crore deposit free LPG connections was achieved in September, 2019. To cover remaining households under PMUY, Ujjwala 2.0 was started on 10th August, 2021 on pan India basis to provide additional one crore LPG connections along with free first refill and stove. As on 01.03.2022, OMCs have released 1 crore LPG connections under Ujjwala 2.0. Further, the Government has approved to release of additional 60 lakh LPG connections under Ujjwala 2.0 on existing modalities. State/UT-wise details of LPG connections released under PMUY as on 01.03.2022 since inception of the Scheme are at Annexure. Further, Government has taken several other steps to ensure that all households in the country have access to clean cooking fuels, which include hassle free connections, 5 kg cylinders, secondary connections for an existing domestic LPG consumer, option to apply online for new connection including PMUY and release of e-subscription vouchers, organizing LPG panchayats and public awareness campaigns involving State/UT Governments, etc. [...] Number of Connections released
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2023-12-01): Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was started in May, 2016 with an objective to provide access of clean cooking fuel to poor households across the country including urban slums. Under PMUY, deposit free LPG connections are provided to adult women from poor households as per defined criteria. Under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna (PMUY) all poor households including eligible Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) beneficiaries, can take LPG connections subject to fulfilling overall eligibility criteria. PMUY phase-2, also known as Ujjwala 2.0, was launched in August, 2021. Under Ujjwala 2.0, all beneficiaries are provided free first refill and stove as well in addition to deposit free LPG connections. Further, special provision has been made for migrant families where they can avail new connections using a self-declaration as a proof of address and family declaration. Government has approved release of additional 75 lakh connections under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for the period FY 2023-24 to FY 2025-26, with Government support of ` 2,200 per connection for 14.2 Kg Single Bottle Connection/ 5 Kg Double Bottle Connection & ` 1,300 per connection for 5 Kg Single Bottle Connection. As of 30.09.2023, 9.59 Crore PMUY connections have been released in the country.
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-04-18): The meetings are aimed at creating awareness among women on the benefits of cooking with LPG in place of the conventional firewood. Kerala has achieved 99.89 per cent LPG penetration and leads the country in use of LPG for domestic cooking. Under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, the government has given 3.8 crore LPG connections to the underprivileged sections of society. The target is to provide 5 crore connections by March 2019. Another 3 crore LPG connections are being given under the Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat scheme. "We have identified 32,000 beneficiaries under the Ujjwala Yojana and provided household gas connections to 29,000 applicants so far. Nationwide, we have provided LPG connections to 83 per cent of the population and the government is planning to provide LPG connection to 99 per cent of families by 2020," he said. [...] Under the Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat scheme, the IOC has identified 15 villages in Kerala for giving LPG connections to rural women. These 15 villages are located in the districts of Palakkad, Thrissur, Idukki and Pathanamthitta. IOC general Manager (LPG) A Ravi also participated in the press meet.
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-03-19): The Government has launched Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat which is an interactive communication platform for rural LPG users on various subjects like safe usage of LPG, its benefit to environment, women empowerment and women health, and also use the forum to motivate the consumers to use LPG regularly as a clean cooking fuel. Government had launched "Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana" on 1st May 2016 to provide deposit-free LPG connections to 5 crore women belonging to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) with a budgetary provision of Rs. 8000 crore and the target has now been enhanced to 8 crore with additional budgetary provision of Rs. 4,800 crore. The beneficiaries under the Scheme are identified through Socio Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011. The Government has now decided to cover the following categories under the Scheme :- (i) All SC/STs households beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(PMAY) (Gramin), (ii) Antyoday Anna Yojana(AAY) [...] This information was given by Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pardhan in reply to a written question in Lok Sabha today.
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-11-12): The first claim is that the government is ‘Ensuring smoke free lives for every Indian family through Ujjwala Yojana’. It says 3.8 crore poor women were provided with free LPG connections and that the target was raised to 8 crore. As per the website of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), the scheme 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. PMUY was launched in May 2016 in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. Under this scheme, 5 crore LPG connections were to be provided to BPL families. Under PMUY, cash assistance up to Rs. 1600 is provided for releasing new LPG connection by the Government. The beneficiary bears the cost of Hot Plate and purchase of first refill. The beneficiary has option to take Hot Plate or the first refill or both on loan basis, from OMCs at zero interest rate and the same is recovered through subsidy received by the beneficiary as and when refill is purchased. [...] According to an answer provided in the Lok Sabha by the government, a total of 3.19 crore LPG connections were released under PMUY as of December 2016. This number was at 4.73 crore in July 2018. A press note from the government in February 2018 noted that the Cabinet has approved enhancing the target under PMUY to 8 crore connections from the earlier 5 crore with an additional budget allocation of Rs. 4,800 crores.
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2020-01-01): The initiative was launched on January 05, 2015 with an objective to provide people with affordable energy efficient appliances across the country. More than 29.83 crore LED bulbs were distributed in just four years, saving Rs. 15,497 crores per year for the people. [...] The Union Cabinet launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana on May 01, 2016, which envisages of smoke free rural India. It aims to benefit five crore families especially women living below poverty line by providing free LPG connections by 2019. It will help reduce health disorders, air pollution and deforestation. The Cabinet has approved Rs. 8,000.00 crores for the next three years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the scheme in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh on May 01, 2016. So far 3.8 crore LPG connections were provided to BPL households. The target for the scheme has been raised to provide LPG connections to 8 crore women.
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2022-12-13): The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) is a government scheme launched in 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The scheme originally envisaged the distribution of 50 million LPG connections to women below the poverty line. Later, it aimed to provide LPG connections to eight crore women by March 2020. However, this target was achieved seven months prior, in September 2019. [...] The unclean cooking fuel causes deaths which are mostly due to non-communicable diseases including heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lung cancer. Providing LPG connections to families below the poverty line ensures universal coverage of cooking gas in the country. The scheme can be a tool for women empowerment in that LPG connections and clean cooking fuel can reduce cooking time and effort, and in most of India, cooking is a responsibility shouldered solely by women. The scheme also employs the rural youth in the supply chain of cooking gas. [...] - It provides five crore LPG connections to families below the poverty line.
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-08-26): - The scheme provides poor women with free gas connections to avoid the health risks of cooking food on stoves. [...] The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is currently implementing a scheme with a budget allocation of ₹ 2000 crore for the fiscal year 2016 to 2017. This initiative aims to provide LPG connections to more than 1.5 crore families living below the poverty line. Over three years, this scheme will be executed with a total budget of ₹8,000 crore. Savings from the ‘Give-it-up’ subsidy campaign will also contribute to this effort. Eligible households, headed by women, will receive Rs. 1,600 in support, with the option of availing EMI facilities. In September 2019, the government achieved the goal of providing eight crore LPG connections through the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. However, only three states – Haryana, Punjab, and Andhra Pradesh – have managed to become kerosene-free. Meanwhile, several Union Territories including Delhi, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Andaman & Nicobar Island, and Puducherry have also become kerosene-free.
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Source: Business Standard $300 bn energy investment coming to India in 10 yrs: Oil Minister 13 May. Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said about $300 billion will be invested in the energy sector in next 10 years. Pradhan said this at the Indian Embassy while addressing over 250 Indian professionals, business leaders and community representatives working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Pradhan informed the gathering that India has become the world’s third largest energy consumer in the world. He said that energy is one of the three to four components of any developing country. Talking about the impact of such visits of Prime Minister Modi, Pradhan said India saved about Rs 10,000 crore after renegotiating the long term contract of liquid natural gas (LNG) with Qatar. He also briefed the gathering that how Modi government changed the lives of poor rural women through Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). The PMUY or the Ujjwala Scheme is a subsidy scheme launched to provide liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) connection to the families living below poverty line to protect women and children from the smoke emitted during the usage of firewood for cooking purposes. Under the scheme, the government will provide Rs 1,600 per gas connection in the next three years and aims to supply 5 crore connections by the end of 2019. [...] Source: Lok Sabha, Un-starred Q.No. 6375 (Ministry of Power)
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2020-11-12): In 2020-2021, in response to the COVID 19 pandemic, governments in G20 countries have committed at least USD 1.10 trillion to supporting different energy types through new or amended policies, according to official government sources and other publicly available information. These public money commitments include: [...] These public money commitments are additional to many other government policies that had existed to support different energy types before the COVID19 pandemic.
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-01-01): With a view to covering the financial requirements of the Second Plan, which are much larger than was assumed by the Taxation Enquiry Commission, and to avoiding the dangers of excessive deficit financing, the target for additional taxation in the Plan estimates was in fact raised to Rs 8.5 billion, so as to cover the gap of Rs 4 billion also. Taxation has to be supplemented by other devices, such as appropriate pricing policies for certain public enterprises or fiscal monopolies and economies in both Plan and non-Plan expenditures. But it is unlikely that any substantial resources can be obtained from these other sources. [...] Revision of the plan
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2021-01-01): Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is a scheme of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas for providing LPG connections to women from Below Poverty Lines (BPL) households with a support of Rs. 1600 per connection (in the name of women) in the next 3 years. Under this scheme, 5 crore LPG connections will be provided, which is proposed to be increased to 8 crore poor women. [...] The Government has also set a target of providing 2 crores toilets under the Swachh Bharat Mission in 2018-19 which would directly impact the safety of women and girls. The Pradhan Mantri Saubhagya Yojana would provide free electricity to 4 crore household, which will have direct impact on the living conditions of women and children. [...] - (ii) Feeder segregation including new 11 kv Lines-1 lalkh circuit km - (ii)Commissioning of Substrations (New & Augmentation)- 600. The distribution of free LPG connections to 8 crore poor women under Ujjwala Scheme and Saubhagya Yojana covering 4 crore poor households with the electricity connection etc. are supposed to change rural landscape.
Claim: 3.8 crore poor women provided with free LPG connections, target raised to 8 crore. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2023-03-01): One scheme of Government of India which has contributed immensely in making petroleum products consumption inclusive is Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), by which 58.3 million poor households in rural areas have been provided LPG connection at concessional rate during May 2016 to November 2018. PMUY was preceded by a scheme (DBTL-PAHAL) that enabled LPG subsidy to be credited to the target beneficiary’s account through the intermediation of banks. [...] Sixty five years into the struggle for economic development, policymakers in India in 2016, did realise that eradication of energy poverty is the single most important welfare measures that would facilitate economic well being of the people. Providing clean fuel for cooking was an enabling measure for economic empowerment of the households. Against this backdrop, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOPNG) with the objective of making clean cooking fuel available to rural poor households in the country, leading to improvement in the health of women and children, decided to launch PMUY—under which the OMCs would provide free LPG connections to women of BPL households, the cost of which will be borne parltly by the government and partly by the OMCs. [...] As on 1st December 2018 the Oil industry had released, 5.83 crore connections against a target of 8 crore to be done by March 2020. When the LPG connection count touched 2.5 crore, the connection was handed over by the then President of India Pranab Mukherjee to a poor lady Gouri Sarkar of Raghunathganj village in Murshidabad district of West Bengal. On 3rd August 2018, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan handed over 5 croreth LPG connection under PMUY to Takrdiran of Delhi.
Claim: Numerous universities, 7 IITs, 7 IIMs, 14 IIITs, 1 NIT, 103 KVs and 62 Navodaya Vidyalayas established and have started functioning. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2018-05-26): In an infographic published by the government on the 48-months portal, there are three claims relating to education in the country. This article is a fact check of the claims.
Claim: Numerous universities, 7 IITs, 7 IIMs, 14 IIITs, 1 NIT, 103 KVs and 62 Navodaya Vidyalayas established and have started functioning. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-02-01): '7 IITs, 16 IIITs, and 390 universities have been set up', says Nirmala Sitharaman Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Interim Budget today, outlining government plans until the 2024 elections, with a focus on education. During her speech, she highlighted achievements in the Skill India Mission, including training 1.4 crore youth, upskilling 54 lakh youth, and establishing new educational institutions. [...] During her budget speech, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, "The Skill India Mission has trained 1.4 crore youth, upskilled and re-skilled 54 lakh youth, and established 3000 new ITIs. A large number of institutional higher learning, namely 7 IITs, 16 IIITs, 7 IIMs, 15 AIIMS and 390 Universities have been set up."
Claim: Numerous universities, 7 IITs, 7 IIMs, 14 IIITs, 1 NIT, 103 KVs and 62 Navodaya Vidyalayas established and have started functioning. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-02-01): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Skill India Mission has trained 1.4 crore youth, upskilled and re-skilled 54 lakh youth. "The Skill India Mission has trained 1.4 crore youth, upskilled and re-skilled 54 lakh youth, and established 3000 new ITIs. A large number of institutional higher learning, namely 7 IITs, 16 IIITs, 7 IIMs, 15 AIIMS and 390 Universities have been set up," said Finance Minister. [...] PM Mudra Yojana has sanctioned 43 crore loans amounting to Rs. 22.5 lakh crore for entrepreneurial aspirations of youth, she added.
Claim: Numerous universities, 7 IITs, 7 IIMs, 14 IIITs, 1 NIT, 103 KVs and 62 Navodaya Vidyalayas established and have started functioning. (Govt. of India, 2018-05-26)
Evidence (2024-02-01): Apart from medical colleges, for the education sector, Sitharaman said that there are plans for the "upgradation of aanganwadi centres" as well. Around 1.4 crore youth have been trained under the Skill India Mission and 3000 new ITIs have been established, the minister said. Several new IITs and IIMs too have been set up. "The Skill India Mission has trained 1.4 crore youth, upskilled and re-skilled 54 lakh youth, and established 3000 new ITIs. A large number of institutional higher learning, namely 7 IITs, 16 IIITs, 7 IIMs, 15 AIIMS and 390 Universities have been set up," she said. [...] — with ANI inputs