President hands over free LPG connection under Ujwala scheme
In May last year, the government embarked on a drive to provide free cooking gas connection to 5 crore women from poor households in three years with a view to reduce the use of polluting fuels such as wood and dried cow dung that, according to the World Health Organization, causes 1.3 million premature deaths in India every year.
People removing LPG cylinder for delivery. Photo: IANS