Dharmendra Pradhan urges to speed up delivery of free cylinders to PMUY beneficiaries

Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has called upon all the stakeholders in the LPG cylinder supply chain to work diligently to speed up the delivery of free Refills to Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries. Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib kalyan package, over eight crore PMUY beneficiaries are eligible to get three free cylinders over the next three months.

In a Video Conference with District Nodal Officers of Oil Marketing Companies across the country yesterday, Mr



Pradhan said, in the last 21 days, about 40 per cent beneficiaries have got their cylinder. He called upon the nodal officer to work according to a target plan and enhance their efforts. The Minister said that Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries are the top priority, but supply to other regular customers should not be affected. The Minister expressed his grief at the unfortunate death of a LPG delivery boy in an incident of attack by robbers in Supaul, Bihar.