The upliftment is needed to help women to achieve equality and quality life. The socio-economic status of women is poor. Women, not only work at home but also work outside home. Socio-economic status of women labour is poor. Most of women in rural India are illiterate. Good health of mother has positive impact on kids and other members in the family. Therefore women should be empowered and strengthened. The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) is one of the major programmes of government of India for women. Prime Minister of India Shri. Narendra Modi announced PMY on 1 May 2016 and directed to distribute 50 million LPG connections to women of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families. A budgetary allocation of ₹80 billion (US$1.1 billion) was made for the scheme. In the first year of its launching, 22 million LPG connections were distributed against the target of 15 million. As of 23 October 2017, 30 million beneficiaries got LPG connections. This paper attempts to assess the impact of PMUY in Koppal district of Karnataka. The paper contains i. Introduction, ii. Need for women upliftment, iii. research gap, iv. Objectives of the study, v. Scope of the study, vi. Methodology,vii. Major findings, etc.

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