Union Budget 2021: Ujjwala Scheme To Be Extended To 1 Cr More Beneficiaries
Presenting the Union Budget for 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said fuel supplies were kept running without interruption during COVID-19 lockdown.
By : migrator
Update: 2021-02-01 06:44 GMT
New Delhi
The government on Monday said the free cooking gas LPG scheme, Ujjwala will be extended to one crore more beneficiaries.
Presenting the Union Budget for 2021-22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said fuel supplies were kept running without interruption during COVID-19 lockdown.
She further said city gas distribution network of providing CNG to automobiles and piped cooking gas to households will be expanded to 100 more districts.
Sitharaman also announced a transport system operator (TSO) for regulating common carrier capacity in gas pipelines to boost gas-based economy.
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