The political will and a well-meaning execution machinery was what delivered the astounding results of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in distributing deposit-free LPG cylinder connections to women. It is rare to find a scheme that has so successfully involved stakeholders down to the level of panchayats and had a perfect programme governance. It is learnt that the minister of petroleum and natural gas, the secretaries in the ministries and the chairpersons and managing directors of oil marketing companies personally supervised the work. They visited at least one district to understand the issues on the ground coming in the way and provided solutions.
