Centre cuts PM-Ujjwala Yojana refills from 9 to 4

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:20:00 +0000

Under the PMUY scheme, the government provides a targeted subsidy of ₹300 per cylinder for up to nine refills in a year.
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Amid prevailing pressure on supplies of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) globally in the backdrop of the West Asia conflict, the Centre has reduced the number of subsidised refills available under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) from nine to four cylinders a year.

Although there was no confirmation about when the curtailment was formally instituted, it was communicated on Sunday (June 7, 2026) in a press statement on the domestic LPG price hike.

In the second increase since the onset of the conflict in West Asia, prices of domestic LPG cylinders were raised by ₹29 on Sunday, taking the cumulative increase to ₹89 across the two revisions.

Under the PMUY scheme, the government provides a targeted subsidy of ₹300 per cylinder for up to nine refills in a year.

At present, a 14.2-kg domestic cylinder costs ₹942 in Delhi. With the additional ₹300 subsidy under the Central scheme, beneficiaries pay ₹642 per cylinder.

Responding to concerns over the reduction in subsidised refills, Additional Secretary in the Union Petroleum Ministry Praveen Khanooja stated, “Whether I am PMUY or a non-PMUY consumer, I am getting a cylinder, which should have cost ₹1,600 [adhering to international pricing dynamics], at ₹942 – which is also an indirect subsidy,” adding, “Over and above that, PMUY consumers get ₹300 more, therefore, they are getting ₹1,000 [subsidy on every cylinder].”

He further said the average consumption among PMUY beneficiaries is “about four to five cylinders in a year”, broadly matching the revised provision.

The government said the effective price of a PMUY cylinder at ₹642 is being offered at a discount of 60% to the current international LPG prices, while a non-PMUY cylinder priced at ₹942 is available at a discount of 45%.

The PMUY scheme has provided around 10.55 crore LPG connections as of May 26 this year.

Published – June 08, 2026 09:50 pm IST

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LPG Subsidy For Ujjwala Beneficiaries Hiked To Rs 300

admin — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 01:43:57 +0000

This move will benefit 9.6 crore families.

New Delhi:

The government on Wednesday raised the subsidy provided to poor women, who got free cooking gas connections under the Ujjwala Yojana, to Rs 300 per cylinder as it looked to blunt opposition criticism of high fuel prices.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs raised the subsidy from Rs 200 per 14.2-kg cylinders for up to 12 refils per year to Rs 300 per bottle, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur told reporters here.

The move will benefit 9.6 crore families.

Ahead of assembly elections in five states, including Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the government had in late August cut cooking gas price by Rs 200 per cylinder. After this, LPG cylinder price came down to Rs 903.

For Ujjwala beneficiaries, the price was Rs 703 after considering the Rs 200 per cylinder subsidy, which is directly paid into the bank accounts of connection holders.

After the increase in subsidy, a 14.2-kg LPG cylinder will now cost Rs 603 for Ujjwala beneficiaries.

The move follows criticism by opposition parties of high LPG price. Parties like Congress are promising LPG cylinder at Rs 500 if voted to power.

The hike in subsidy is being seen as an attempt to blunt that criticism.

Mr Thakur did not say how much additional subsidy outgo the move would entail.

For 2022-23, Rs 6,100 crore was provided for the Ujjwala subsidy, which increased to Rs 7,680 crore in the current 2023-24 fiscal (April 2023 to March 2024).

The subsidy is credited directly to the bank accounts of eligible beneficiaries.

The targeted support to Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) consumers encourages them for continuous use of LPG.

The average LPG consumption of PMUY consumers increased 20 per cent from 3.01 refills in 2019-20 to 3.68 in 2021-22.

All PMUY beneficiaries are eligible for the targeted subsidy.

To make Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), a clean cooking fuel, available to rural and deprived poor households, the government launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in May 2016, to provide deposit-free LPG connections to adult women of poor households.

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