NEW DELHI: Poor people in the country’s interiors are unable to refill their LPG cylinders, due to which, consumption has significantly come down from average 3.9 cylinders a year in 2016-17 to 2.98 cylinders in 2018-19 fiscal. This is against general users who use an average of seven-cylinder refills annually.
The downtrend in LPG filling has been pointed out by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). It said the extent of achievement of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) could not be assessed properly as the ministry did not formulate a foolproof mechanism for it.
