Crores of women in the country use traditional resources like wood, cow dung cakes, etc. for cooking. While cooking food through wood and cow dung cakes, many types of harmful gases go inside the body directly through breathing. This has a bad effect on the health of women. Due to this, women have to face many respiratory diseases. Given this problem, the Government of India is running the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.
Under the PM Ujjwala Yojana, the Government of India is giving the benefit of free gas cylinders to the poor women of the country to use clean fuel for cooking. Many women in the country are taking advantage of this scheme of the Government of India. If you also want to take advantage of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana of the Government of India, then you need to know about the eligibility conditions to apply for the scheme. Let's know -
If you are going to apply for Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, then you should know that only women living below the poverty line can take advantage of the scheme.
If you want to take advantage of this scheme, then your age should be more than 18 years. If you already have an LPG gas cylinder, then you cannot take advantage of this scheme.
To take advantage of the scheme, women must have a ration card along with a BPL card. Apart from this, you must have all the necessary documents to apply for PM Ujjwala Yojana.
While applying for the scheme, you will need an Aadhar card, ration card, BPL card, print of name in BPL list, passport size photo, bank photocopy, age certificate, mobile number, etc. If you do not have these documents, then your application can be canceled.
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