NEW DELHI: Poor families have used 60% of the 24 crore free cooking gas refills offered by the government in six months through September, signalling that affordability may not be the biggest factor for quicker adoption of the clean fuel by beneficiaries the Ujjwala scheme.
Following the onset of the pandemic and the lockdown in April, the government offered three free liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) refills to eight crore poor households. Money was transferred to customers’ bank accounts in advance with the hope that it would encourage them to order refills.
