New Delhi, May 23 -- The BJP on Thursday cited a host of developments to project buoyancy in the Indian economy and the positive impacts of the Modi Government's welfare measures.
Its national spokesperson Tuhin Sinha noted that the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, a scheme providing LPG connections to poor households that completed its ninth anniversary on May 1, has provided 10.33 crore connections so far, with nearly nine crore beneficiaries turning out to be sustained users of the programme. This negates the opposition's claim that many beneficiaries did not opt for refills after utilising the initial free gas cylinders, Sinha told reporters.
The scheme has led to an expansion in the LPG network with 7,959 more distributorships, overwhe...