evidence: Source: Business Standard $300 bn energy investment coming to India in 10 yrs: Oil Minister 13 May. Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said about $300 billion will be invested in the energy sector in next 10 years. Pradhan said this at the Indian Embassy while addressing over 250 Indian professionals, business leaders and community representatives working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Pradhan informed the gathering that India has become the world’s third largest energy consumer in the world. He said that energy is one of the three to four components of any developing country. Talking about the impact of such visits of Prime Minister Modi, Pradhan said India saved about Rs 10,000 crore after renegotiating the long term contract of liquid natural gas (LNG) with Qatar. He also briefed the gathering that how Modi government changed the lives of poor rural women through Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). The PMUY or the Ujjwala Scheme is a subsidy scheme launched to provide liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) connection to the families living below poverty line to protect women and children from the smoke emitted during the usage of firewood for cooking purposes. Under the scheme, the government will provide Rs 1,600 per gas connection in the next three years and aims to supply 5 crore connections by the end of 2019. [...] Source: Lok Sabha, Un-starred Q.No. 6375 (Ministry of Power)