The Union government has extended the cooking gas subsidy for households under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to the end of 2023-24 to “shield” beneficiaries from high LPG prices.
As on March 1, there were 9.59 crore Ujjwala beneficiaries in the country.
The Rs 200 subsidy will be provided on a maximum of 12 refills and the total estimated expenditure on this count will be Rs 7,680 crore for 2023-24, the government said in a release after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, which approved the proposal.
