Even after 4 years of Ujjwala, Around 50 per cent of dealers delivering liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) have to travel up to 92 kilometres to deliver them. On the other hand, 17 per cent of beneficiaries have to come to dealers’ warehouses for refilling the cylinders, an audit report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has said. When PMUY was rolled out, the government announced several measures to boost infrastructure for smooth delivery of LPG cylinders to Below Poverty Line families.
It had an impact on the refilling of LPG cylinders distributed under the scheme, the CAG’s report, which was tabled in Parliament on December 11, said. Auditors analysed data of 164 distributors related to Indian Oil Corp Ltd, Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd, Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd and found that 95 of them or more than 54 per cent, had to travel between 15 and 92 kilometres for delivering the cylinders.
— source downtoearth.org.in | 17 Dec 2019