evidence: - The scheme provides poor women with free gas connections to avoid the health risks of cooking food on stoves. [...] The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is currently implementing a scheme with a budget allocation of ₹ 2000 crore for the fiscal year 2016 to 2017. This initiative aims to provide LPG connections to more than 1.5 crore families living below the poverty line. Over three years, this scheme will be executed with a total budget of ₹8,000 crore. Savings from the ‘Give-it-up’ subsidy campaign will also contribute to this effort. Eligible households, headed by women, will receive Rs. 1,600 in support, with the option of availing EMI facilities. In September 2019, the government achieved the goal of providing eight crore LPG connections through the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. However, only three states – Haryana, Punjab, and Andhra Pradesh – have managed to become kerosene-free. Meanwhile, several Union Territories including Delhi, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Andaman & Nicobar Island, and Puducherry have also become kerosene-free.