{"id":31447,"date":"2018-10-27T14:07:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T08:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=31447"},"modified":"2018-10-27T14:07:28","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T08:37:28","slug":"ujjwala-yojana-to-benefit-eight-crore-women-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ujjwala-yojana-to-benefit-eight-crore-women-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Ujjwala Yojana to benefit eight crore women now\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/ujjwala-yojana-to-benefit-eight-crore-women-now\/article22684187.ece\"><b>Ujjwala Yojana to benefit eight crore women now<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the increase in the target for the <\/span><b>Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> meant to provide cooking-gas connections to rural women, to eight crore from the earlier five crore.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The deadline for achieving the target is 2020.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cabinet also approved an additional allocation for the scheme of Rs. 4,800 crore.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana and its benefits:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providing LPG connections to BPL households will ensure universal coverage of cooking gas in the country, claims the government.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will empower women and protect their health.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will reduce drudgery and the time spent on cooking.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will also provide employment for rural youth in the supply chain of cooking gas<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Other outcomes:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The meeting took a slew of decisions across sectors, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Increasing the minimum support price for copra.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extending the Discovered Small Fields Policy<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to include more oil and gas fields.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Approving several bilateral agreements signed by India<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giving ex post facto approval to the changes made in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Bill.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>MSP for copra<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval for increase in the minimum support price for fair average quality (FAQ) of \u2018milling copra\u2019 to Rs. 7,500 a quintal for 2018 season from Rs. 6,500 per quintal in 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ujjwala Yojana to benefit eight crore women now\u00a0 Context: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the increase in the target for the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, meant to provide cooking-gas connections to rural women, to eight crore from the earlier five crore. The deadline for achieving the target is 2020. 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