What is eligibility to apply for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana ?

Under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, free LPG gas connections are provided to the women belonging to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) household.

The eligibility criteria for PMUY are the following.

• The applicant should be a citizen of India
• The applicant should be a women of below poverty line family
• The applicant should have completed 18 years of age
• No one in applicant’s household should own an LPG connection.
• The household income of the family must not exceed a certain limit prescribed by the state government and union territory.
• Applicant must not be a recipient of similar scheme provided by the government.
• The name of the applicant must be in the list of SECC (Socio Economic Caste Census) -2011 data. In order to check whether your name is there in the list, follow the below process to check it.
  • Visit http://164.100.129.6/netnrega/secc_list.aspx
  • Select your State
  • Select Your Tehsil/taluka,
  • Select your Gram Panchayat
  • Select the type of list you want to see
  • Click on Submit button.
  • You will see the list of people who are part of SECC list