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Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is launched

On 1 May 2016 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in Ballia, a scheme to provide LPG connections to women in poor households. In the causal graph this event strengthens Health-System Capacity, a driver that strengthens Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — an improving welfare path.

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is launched

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On 1 May 2016 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in Ballia, a scheme to provide LPG connections to women in poor households.

Context

The Petroleum Ministry and OMCs implemented. Connection is not the same as sustained refill. He owned the scheme. He did not sit as every distributor. Later target expansions are neighbouring later administrative acts.

Jan Dhan plumbing is a neighbouring earlier inclusion file. Refill-price shocks are neighbouring later price instruments.

The Prime Minister of India is head of the Union Council of Ministers. Parliament writes statutes; the President assents; states and Union ministries implement; the Supreme Court can strike a scheme down. A prime minister can announce demonetisation, drive a bill, and take an oath. He does not write a UNFCCC depositary record, an ISRO telemetry file, or a Supreme Court judgment by himself.

Why it matters

The path is household purchasing power and health: a completed LPG-connection scheme is a dated clean-cooking access instrument, with refill still a price path.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Narendra Modi

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.65 · verified

    He launched the scheme. OMCs issued connections. The Petroleum Ministry administers.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactPradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is launched
    2. strengthensDriverHealth-System Capacity
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 1 May 2016 · verified

    LPG connections are a dated expected reduction in household air-pollution exposure relative to biomass, with refill still open.

    • Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.21 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.6)

      Observed

      3.08 Per 1000 people · 1.24 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 3.07 Per 1000 people to 3.08 Per 1000 people.

      Above normal = better

    • Under-five mortality rate (global)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.17 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.5)

      Observed

      37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.

      Above normal = worse

    1. FactPradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is launched
    2. strengthensDriverHousehold Purchasing Power
    3. weakensIndicators (2)Global Consumer Price Inflation (annual %)
    Mixed path

    impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 1 May 2016 · verified

    A completed subsidised LPG-connection scheme is a dated reduction in the fixed cost of clean cooking for poor households.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Reuters — India launches scheme to give free cooking-gas connections to poorReuters · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.PMO — PM launches Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in BalliaPrime Minister’s Office of India · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Prime Minister’s Office of India carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

Established: a 1 May 2016 launch of Ujjwala as a subsidised LPG-connection scheme for poor women.

Not established: that every later connection was refilled monthly, or a unique later indoor-PM coefficient from launch day.

OMCs issued connections. The Petroleum Ministry administers.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is launched, not a later speech about Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is launched.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor decree exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He launched the scheme. OMCs issued connections. The Petroleum Ministry administers. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series. The Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, the President, the Reserve Bank, state governments, the Election Commission, and foreign counterparties share specific files. Allegation is not a completed judgment. A Supreme Court striking-down is not a criminal conviction. A scheme notification is not a unique rupee coefficient. A UN pledge is not a delivered emissions path.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorNarendra Modi
  2. contributed toFactPradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is launched
  3. strengthensDrivers (2)Health-System Capacity
  4. strengthensIndicatorHospital beds (per 1,000 people)

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