India, May 5 -- As Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana completes a decade, its relevance goes beyond its metrics. For policymakers elsewhere, the key question is not just what was achieved, but how a system constrained by inertia began to move at scale. The answer lies in a set of fundamental mindshifts - what the Causing Incredible Performance framework calls Reset Mind: identifying and altering the thoughts that limit action. Ujjwala shows that when the way a problem is seen changes, execution follows-offering a practical lens for large-scale policy design.

1. From scarcity to abundance

For decades, clean cooking fuel was treated as a scarce, urban-oriented resource. Access was rationed and expansion cautious.

Ujjwala flipped this. It oper...