Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana: 6.8 crore free Cylinders distributed

On May 21, 2020, the Government of India announced that around 6.8 crore free cylinders have been distributed under Prdhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana.

Highlights

• Under the scheme, free LPG cylinders are being provided by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. 
• This covers more than 8 core beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana. 
• The beneficiaries are provided with the funds through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
• The GoI has allocated separate funds to distribute the cylinders under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana. 
• It was launched to ease the lives of the people during lock down.

Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana

• The scheme was launched in December 16, 2016 under Ministry of Finance. 
• The scheme was valid till March 31, 2017. 
• It was launched to declare unaccounted black money and wealth. 
• The scheme was recently updated to mitigate the losses faced by the poor due to COVID-19.
• Under the scheme, Rs 1.7 lakh crore was allocated. The updated scheme was launched on March 26, 2020.
• Apart from this, the GoI has recently launched the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan to revive the economy of the country. 
• Around Rs 20 lakh crores have been allocated under the scheme. 
• Through the scheme, the Government intends to boost MSMEs, agriculture, mining, fisheries. 
• defence and science and technology. 
• It mainly focuses on indigenisation of manufacturing. 
• It will also focus on providing important to local produce through vocal for local initiative.