evidence: In an interview with PTI, Kapoor said a record-breaking eight crore free LPG connections were provided to poor women households in just four years alongside the aggressive rollout of cooking gas, taking the number of LPG users in the country to about 29 crore. [...] The Ujjwala Yojana was launched in May 2016 with a target to give free LPG connections to 5 crore mostly rural women members of below the poverty line (BPL) households. The list was later expanded to include all SC/ST households and forest dwellers, among others. In 2018, the scheme was extended to all poor households and the target raised to 8 crore connections.