The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found rampant misuse of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna (PMUY) in terms of low consumption, diversions and considerable delays in supply of cylinders.
The CAG noticed that due to lack of input validation check in Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) software, 1.88 lakh connections were released against Abridged Household List Temporary Identification Numbers (AHL TINs) of males.
CAG has highlighted the risk of diversion of domestic cylinders for commercial use as 1.98 lakh beneficiaries had an average annual consumption of more than 12 cylinders.
PMUY is an ambitious scheme of the Modi Government to provide LPG connections to women belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. CAG has said that encouraging the sustained usage of LPG remains a big challenge as the annual average refill consumption
