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Cover Story Sankalp years
Shakti of

PM AWAS YOJANA UJJWALA

35
30 crore
31.36 3.11
25 crore
Ujjwala connections
20
More than
houses have been 15 belonging to SC-ST.
3 crore constructed under 10 5 14.52 LPG coverage was
crore
the PM Awas
Yojana. 0 62% in the year 2016
2014 2023
which has increased
LPG connection
to 104.1% in 2022.
n Earlier in India, there were about 5 lakh deaths every
year due to smoke emanating from cooking with
traditional fuels like wood, coal, dung cake, etc.

n The Ujjwala scheme was launched on 1 May 2016.

n Rs 200 per cylinder subsidy has been increased up to 12
cylinders, this subsidy will be available till March 2024.
More than 4.2
26 crore n In the year 2018, the World Health Organization praised
the Ujjwala scheme, saying that India provided LPG
lakh crore connections to women living below the poverty line so
pucca houses with that they could shift to cleaner fuel.
rupees were basic facilities are
spent. targeted to be built
PRIME MINISTER JAN
AUSHADHI PROJECT
AYUSHMAN

9307
Ayushman cards
23.2 Jan Aushadhi
have been made
crore Kendras have
been opened
n World's largest government-funded scheme with till 12th April.
health insurance of Rs 5 lakh per family for the
n 1759 medicines and 280 types of surgical
hospitalization of 60 crore beneficiaries.
instruments can be purchased from these centers.
n The scheme has 26,434 empaneled service
n People saved more than Rs 20,000 crore.
providers including 11,500 private hospitals.
n 12 lakh people are buying 50-90% cheaper
n Rs 54,241 crore were approved for the admission of
medicines from these centers daily.
4.49 crore patients
n The target is to open 10,500 centers by March 2025.
n Treatment cover of 1949 medical procedures falling
under 27 specialties n More than 35.26 crores Jan Aushadhi Suvidha
sanitary pads have been sold.

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