During an interaction with beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Munshi Premchand's 'Igdah' inspired him to magnify the heart-warming act of empathy central to its plot, and apply it on a national scale.

The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, launched a little over two years ago, is a part of a larger effort to add as many as ten crore new LPG connections by 2019.