The government has approved the release of 25 lakh additional liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) during the FY 26 to clear pending applications and move toward saturation of household LPG access, an official statement said Thursday.

To further improve access, the eligibility criteria have been simplified to “Adult women from poor households based on submission of a Deprivation Declaration,” the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Suresh Gopi said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, launched in May 2016 to provide deposit‑free LPG connections to adult women from poor households, has clocked about 10.33 crore connections as of November 1, 2025, the minister said.

To make LPG more affordable t

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