Given the assembly and upcoming Lok Sabha elections in many states, the government is preparing to reach to the common man. Given the political advantages of ‘Ujjwala’ in the elections of many states including Uttar Pradesh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley can announce plans to increase the scope of the budget.
Finance
Minister Arun Jaitley, presenting the general budget on Thursday, can increase the number of connections under the Prime Minister Ujjwala scheme from five to eight crore. The government had started this scheme with the aim of providing 50 million gas connections to the common people during the three years from 2016.
The Ujjwala scheme proved to be extremely successful and within a year and eight months all the three3.3 million gas connections were allocated. In this way, the target of 5 million gas connections is completed by the end of this year. So, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley can increase the allocation with the aim of increasing the Ujjwala scheme in the budget. The Central Government has kept the goal of providing clean fuel to every house by the year 2022. Ujjwala scheme has been started to achieve this goal.
-22 is the goal of providing clean fuel to every household-
More than 30 million gas connections are distributed in Ujjwala
Political Advantage – The
target of the Ujjwala scheme can be increased in the
budget, the finance minister – in many states including Uttar Pradesh, got the benefit of the scheme.
