UP: Lockdown Day-11, beneficiaries of Ujjwala scheme, will not have to wait for free gas cylinder

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 The beneficiaries of the Prime Minister Ujjwala Gas Scheme will not have to wait for the free gas cylinder even during the ongoing lockdown during the Coronavirus infection. The wait for all these is over. The money will be sent to the accounts of all these beneficiaries today. Under the Ujjwala free LPG gas cylinder scheme, now the beneficiary will be given the price of gas. Gas money will be sent to his account. The scheme will be applicable to 14.2 kg cylinders till June 30.

From today, the central government will deposit money to buy cylinders in the account of the Prime Minister Ujjwala scheme, after which beneficiaries can book their cylinders. The second cylinder will be booked after 15 days. In order to facilitate people from lockdown due to coronavirus infection, the Petroleum Ministry has prepared guidelines to provide gas cylinders to Ujjwala gas beneficiaries for three months free. Under these rules, if the consumer was sent money to buy a gas cylinder in April and did not buy a cylinder, then advance would not be sent to the other gas cylinder in his bank account.

After transferring the money to the bank account, the oil companies will inform every beneficiary by SMS that they can book their gas cylinder. For the second gas cylinder, the money will be sent to the accounts of the beneficiaries on May 2, for which the beneficiaries are unable to take the gas cylinder in the meantime, they can avail this facility till 31 March 2021. All the beneficiaries should update the mobile numbers at their respective gas agencies. So that they are kept informed from time to time.