Centre Pushes For 100% LPG Connections, Refills Are Another Matter

The Narendra Modi government has said it would extend the benefits of its much-hyped Ujjwala scheme - which provides free cooking gas to BPL families - further, so it reaches all households. With months to go for the Lok Sabha polls, the move is expected to help the government add to its already impressive gas connection numbers built over the last three years. The government says the move will help people like 25-year-old Manoj Kumar, a daily wager who lives with his family of four at a village in Barabanki, 70 km from Lucknow.