PM Narendra Modi's Ujjwala Yojana for providing LPG connections to BPL households benefits more than 2 crore people in less than a year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday while hailing the achievement.

"Matter of immense joy & pride that the number of beneficiaries of PM Ujjwala Yojana has crossed 2 crores in less than a year," Modi tweeted.

Matter of immense joy & pride that the number of beneficiaries of PM Ujjwala Yojana has crossed 2 crore in less than a year! #2CrUjjwala

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 3, 2017

"Ujjwala Yojana is guided by a strong commitment to bring about a qualitative change in the lives of poor women," he added.

Ujjwala Yojana is guided by a strong commitment to bring about a qualitative change in the lives of poor women. #2CrUjjwala

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 3, 2017

In yet another tweet, he congratulated all beneficiaries of Ujjwala Yojana and "those who are working round-the-clock to ensure its success."

I congratulate all beneficiaries of Ujjwala Yojana & those who are working round the clock to ensure its success. #2CrUjjwala@dpradhanbjp

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 3, 2017

The PM Ujjwala Yojana is an ambitious social welfare scheme of the Modi government launched on May 1 last year from Ballia in Uttar Pradesh.

The programme is aimed at replacing wood-based cooking with LPG-based kitchens.

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The government intends to give such subsidised connections to 5 crore households under this programme.