(1) Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in September 2017, launched the ‘Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat’ from Mota Ishanpur village near Gandhinagar in Gujarat. It aims to distribute LPG connections among rural areas where conventional fuel is used for domestic purposes. It is a backup scheme to the existing Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.