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India marches ahead on Energy security pathways; Ujjwala Yojana key scorer

By Neeraj Bajpai  Carving out niche in annals of the country’s Petroleum and Natural gas Sector, the Narendra Modi government, during its first three years of governance, unveiled a raft of path breaking initiatives including Ujjwala Yojna, Give Back Subsidy, Urja Ganga and weathered international oil markets fluctuations. In a determined move to accomplish energy security, the government chased plans to enrich the sector while spreading LPG connections network. I nitiatives were launched in lower, middle and up streams, and many are on the pipe lines to lit up the oil sector to pave way for the energy security. Over two crore LPG cylinders were distributed to BPL women under the PM’s Ujjawala Yojana.  Government has approved Rs. 8000 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for release of 5 crore deposit free new LPG connections to women of BPL families over next three years. PMUY, One of the Flagship schemes,  surpassed the targets for the financial year 2016