PM to launch Ujjwala 2.0 on 10th August

• Ujjwala 2.0 (Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana - PMUY) will be launched by handing over LPG connections, at Mahoba Uttar Pradesh via video conferencing.
• The scheme envisages smoke free Rural India by providing concessional LPG connections to entire nation.
• The scheme will increase the usage of LPG and would help in reducing health disorders, air pollution and deforestation.

Journey from Ujjwala 1.0 to Ujjwala 2.0

• During Ujjwala 1.0 launched in 2016, a target was set to provide LPG connections to 5 crore women members of BPL households.
• Subsequently, the scheme was expanded in April 2018 to include women beneficiaries from seven more categories (SC/ST, PMAY, AAY, Most backward classes, tea garden, forest dwellers, Islands).
• Also, the target was revised to 8 Crore LPG connections.
• This target was achieved in August 2019, seven months ahead of the target date.
• In the Union budget for FY 21-22, provision for an additional one crore LPG connection under the PMUY scheme was announced.

Ujjawala 2.0

• The phase aim to provide deposit-free LPG connections to one crore additional PMUY connections to low-income families who could not be covered under the earlier phase of PMUY.
• Along with a deposit free LPG connection, Ujjwala 2.0 will provide first refill and hotplate free of cost to the beneficiaries.
• Also, the enrollment procedure will require minimum paperwork.
• Migrants will not be required to submit ration cards or address proof. A self-declaration for both ‘family declaration’ and as a ‘proof of address’ will suffice.
• Ujjwala 2.0 will help achieve the Prime Minister’s vision of universal access to LPG.