New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, said on Friday that the number of poor families in India getting an LPG cylinder at a subsidised price under the Prime Minister Modi-led government’s Ujjwala Yojana has gone up to 10.6 crore while the number of homes getting piped natural gas in their kitchens has risen to 1.56 crore.

He also added that the length of the gas pipeline network across the country has now crossed 25,000 km and the number of compressed natural gas filling stations for vehicles in various cities nationwide has gone up to 8,340.

“The sounds of a progressing Bharat are subtle yet powerful. Energy that powers, protects and progresses — every single day under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership,” the Minister remarked i

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