The The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) would be launched for Odisha from the PHD Ground in Sambalpur on June 20.
Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram and Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan are scheduled to launch the programme.
As many as 58 distributors of Sambalpur, Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Deogarh, Boudh, Sonepur and Athamallik sub-division of Angul would participate in the said function. New lPG connection would be handed over to about 1000 beneficiaries of these districts at the venue, an official release said.
Out of 96 lakh households in the State, 39 lakh have lPG connection now and it would be doubled by December 2018 as per the target of the Union Government. To create awareness about the proposed lunch of PMUY, four vehicles carrying the message were flagged off from a hotel here on Thursday. These vehicles would move in Sambalpur, Bargarh, Sonepur, Boudh and Jharsuguda to create awareness. Under the PMUY, BPl families would be provided lPG connections with Central Government support of Rs1,600 per family.