Ujjwala Effect

According to a study by the World Resources Institute (WRI) India, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana has helped improve air quality and reduce health risks from air pollution.

Major Highlights

  • Greater penetration and usage of LPG as a cooking fuel is estimated to have prevented at least 1.5 lakh pollution-related premature deaths in the year 2019 alone.
  • It has helped in avoiding at least 1.8 million tonnes of PM2.5 emissions in 2019.
  • In the absence of Ujjwala, however, this death number could be as high as 11.7 lakh. Ujjwala could, therefore, have reduced indoor air pollution deaths by about 13 per cent in ....
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