The new BJP government in Rajasthan on Wednesday announced the supply of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders to the beneficiaries of the Centre’s much-publicised Ujjwala Yojana at ₹450 each. The cylinder prices under the flagship scheme, launched in May 2016, had escalated last year to ₹1,150 each.
The previous Congress government in the State had launched a scheme earlier this year to give a subsidy of ₹650 to keep the cylinder’s price at ₹500. The government had identified the below poverty line (BPL) families connected with Ujjwala Yojana as a separate category, along with other BPL families getting themselves registered at inflation relief camps, for transfer of subsidy on the LPG cylinders.
Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma announced at an event marking the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra in Tonk district that the State government would enhance the subsidy from January 1 and provide the LPG cylinders to Ujjwala Yojana’s beneficiaries at ₹450 each. “This was an important promise which we made in the [BJP] manifesto. We are fulfilling our promise today,” Mr. Sharma said.
