India, Aug. 10 -- This brief analyses the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), launched in 2016 to provide cooking gas to 80 million poor rural households of India. It uses the Well-being Analysis framework to analyse the scheme beyond traditional economic measures and widen the focus to include improvements in people's overall life. The path-breaking policy initiative was envisioned to reduce dependency on traditional methods of cooking that use polluting fuels like coal and firewood, as well as to mitigate drudgery among women who, because of widely accepted social norms, spend more time in the kitchen. The brief also assesses PMUY's cost-effectiveness through WELLBY (Wellbeing-Years) calculations, showcasing a potential benchmarking f...