Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) - access to LPG for clean cooking

Description

PMUY is a flagship program of the government of India launched in 2016 by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to provide access to LPG as a clean cooking fuel for marginalized households, delivering subsidized connections in the name of women from below-poverty-line families. It seeks to reduce indoor air pollution from solid fuels. Evaluations report improvements in health and women's empowerment, but also barriers: sustained LPG use is limited to brief cooking and the cost of refills restricts continuous use.

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