Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday said 73,074 liquefied petroleum gas (lPG) connections have been provided to beneficiaries in Himachal Pradesh under Ujjwala Yojna and that all eligible families would be given such connections by 2019.
Reviewing the progress of Central and state governments welfare schemes, he said 22 lakh people would be benefited under the Ayushman Bharat, the national health protection mission. He said 94 per cent data have been uploaded under the scheme and the state has secured seventh position in the country.
Thakur said all villages have been electrified. Under the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana - 'Saubhagya', out of 13,156 electricity connections 6,101 had been provided and the remaining connections will be provided by end of October.
The Chief Minister said the state's decision to lower the age of senior citizen for various social welfare schemes without the income criteria from 80 to 70 years have benefitted 1.14 lakh people.
Now over 2.14 lakh old people are getting the social security pension of Rs 1,300 per month, he added.
Discussing the progress under Rural-Urban Housing Schemes, Chief Minister said that against the target of construction of 7385 houses in rural areas, 4522 had been constructed and remaining would be completed by October, 2018 well before the set target of 2019. He said that Himachal Pradesh had been ranked second in the country for implementation of this scheme and Kangra district had been awarded with Prime Minister's Award for its effective implementation. He said that a target of constructing 1390 houses had been fixed for current financial year under Urban Housing Scheme.
Chief Secretary Vineet Chawdhry, Political Advisor to Chief Minister Trilok Jamwal, Additional Chief Secretary cum Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Shrikant Baldi, Additional Chief Secretaries, B.K. Agarwal, Ram Subhag Singh, Tarun Kapoor, amongst others participated in the meeting.