The State Government on Tuesday began implementation of the Prime Minister’s ambitious Ujjwala Yojna by distributing 1.10 lakh lPG connections and stoves to women from the weaker and vulnerable sections of society. While CM Raghubar Das and Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha launched the scheme in Hazaribagh, it was launched across the State in all districts by Ministers, MPs and MlAs.
With this, Jharkhand became the first State to launch the scheme in the country.
Besides Das and Sinha, MoS Sudarshan Bhagat. MlAs-Manish Jaiswal, Janki Yadav, Manoj Yadav-and others started the scheme by handing over free of cost stoves and cylinders to 5151 selected beneficiaries at the Vivekananda Auditorium of Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh on Tuesday.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion, the Chief Minister said in next three years 23 lakhs BPl families of the State will get benefitted by this scheme. The State Government will spend ` 450 crores and the Centre will give the same amount for this scheme, he said.
Declaring 2017 as the welfare year for the poor of the State, Das said that human resource is the most valuable asset for Jharkhand. “We are trying to give job to every person of the State through different schemes. We are going to provide desks and benches to 30,000 schools out of 40,000 in the State by November 15. local furniture makers will supply the furniture to the schools,” he said.
Talking about the need of small and cottage industries for the overall development of the State, the CM said that these types of small industries will not only help the government in providing jobs to the poor but also help the State in leaping ahead of others in growth rate.
Sinha said that the Modi government is for the poor persons of the country. “We have started with the motto of Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas and it is our firm belief that overall development of the country can be achieved only by the development of every person of this country,” he said.
Talking about the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Scheme, Sinha said that on the call of PM Modi more than a crore consumers of this country have left their subsidy on lPG. It is the vision of PM Modi that he decided to utilize this public money for providing free lPG cylinders and stoves to those families having no gas connection yet. He directed the district administration to provide primary training of the operation of stove and cylinder to the beneficiaries so that they can successfully use it in their houses.
On this occasion the Secretary of Food and Supply Department Vinay Kumar Choubey, DIG Hazaribagh Range Upendra Kumar, DC Hazaribagh Ravi Shankar Shukla, SP Bheemsen Tuti and other officials were also present in the auditorium.