Summary
The Centre may finally be coming to terms with the fact that it’s difficult for people to refill LPG cylinders given under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). And so, the government is planning to launch a scheme on solar cookers for the marginalised communities, said Gopal Krishan Gupta, joint secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
While speaking at an event in New Delhi on April 3, 2019, he said the government has noticed refilling LPG cylinders given under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet scheme has been an issue. “It has been realised that poor people are not able to refill the LPG cylinder given to them under the scheme. Thus, the Centre is ......