<p>The government on Friday extended the Rs 200 per <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/lpg-scheme-interim-measure-need-to-shift-to-electric-cooking-centre-1188091.html" target="_blank">LPG cylinder subsidy</a> under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) by one year in the wake of high prices of petroleum products in the international market.</p>.<p>The move will benefit 9.6 crore families.</p>.<p>The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a subsidy of Rs 200 per 14.2 kg cylinder for up to 12 refills per year to be provided to the beneficiaries of PMUY, I&B Minister Anurag Thakur told reporters.</p>.<p>As of March 1, 2023, there were 9.59 crore PMUY beneficiaries.</p>.<p>Further, the minister said the total expenditure will be Rs 6,100 crore for the financial year 2022-23 and Rs 7,680 crore for 2023-24.</p>.<p>The subsidy is credited directly to the bank accounts of the eligible beneficiaries.</p>.<p>Thakur said there has been a sharp increase in international prices of LPG due to various geopolitical reasons and it is important to shield PMUY beneficiaries from high LPG prices.</p>.<p>An official release said that targeted support to PMUY consumers encourages them to continuously LPG.</p>.<p>"It is important to ensure sustained LPG adoption and usage among PMUY consumers so that they can completely switch to cleaner cooking fuel," it said.</p>.<p>The average LPG consumption of PMUY consumers has increased by 20 per cent from 3.01 refills in 2019-20 to 3.68 in 2021-22.</p>.<p>All PMUY beneficiaries are eligible for the targeted subsidy.</p>.<p>To make liquified petroleum gas (LPG), a clean cooking fuel, available to rural and deprived poor households, the government launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in May 2016, to provide deposit-free LPG connections to adult women of poor households.</p>
<p>The government on Friday extended the Rs 200 per <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/lpg-scheme-interim-measure-need-to-shift-to-electric-cooking-centre-1188091.html" target="_blank">LPG cylinder subsidy</a> under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) by one year in the wake of high prices of petroleum products in the international market.</p>.<p>The move will benefit 9.6 crore families.</p>.<p>The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a subsidy of Rs 200 per 14.2 kg cylinder for up to 12 refills per year to be provided to the beneficiaries of PMUY, I&B Minister Anurag Thakur told reporters.</p>.<p>As of March 1, 2023, there were 9.59 crore PMUY beneficiaries.</p>.<p>Further, the minister said the total expenditure will be Rs 6,100 crore for the financial year 2022-23 and Rs 7,680 crore for 2023-24.</p>.<p>The subsidy is credited directly to the bank accounts of the eligible beneficiaries.</p>.<p>Thakur said there has been a sharp increase in international prices of LPG due to various geopolitical reasons and it is important to shield PMUY beneficiaries from high LPG prices.</p>.<p>An official release said that targeted support to PMUY consumers encourages them to continuously LPG.</p>.<p>"It is important to ensure sustained LPG adoption and usage among PMUY consumers so that they can completely switch to cleaner cooking fuel," it said.</p>.<p>The average LPG consumption of PMUY consumers has increased by 20 per cent from 3.01 refills in 2019-20 to 3.68 in 2021-22.</p>.<p>All PMUY beneficiaries are eligible for the targeted subsidy.</p>.<p>To make liquified petroleum gas (LPG), a clean cooking fuel, available to rural and deprived poor households, the government launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in May 2016, to provide deposit-free LPG connections to adult women of poor households.</p>