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Hello Jammu News at 7:50:00 PM 0


Jammu, Aug 31: Former Deputy Chief Minister and MLA Gandhi Nagar, Kavinder Gupta distributed LPG connections to beneficiaries under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana at Bahu area of his constituency. As many as 25 LPG connections with other related accessories were handed over to the beneficiaries from rural belt of Gandhi Nagar. Reiterating his commitment to work for public welfare, Kavinder said, the Central Government has envisaged this scheme to provide women with a safe and clean provision of fuel for cooking. More than 5000 households of Gandhi Nagar have been benefited under the scheme, he added.
Kavinder Gupta said that J&K is fully implementing Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) scheme in letter and spirit "with an aim to make every household smokeless". "It is a major step to reduce indoor air pollution and a very positive step towards sustainable development as it not only reduces the burden on forests but also ensures right to life for women", he added. Applauding the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi for his keen interest in the development of the State, Kavinder Gupta said that GoI has been providing liberal funding to the State so that various development projects underway were completed in a time bound manner. He also made people aware about the benefits of other Centrally sponsored schemes and urged them to come forward and to avail the benefits from these schemes for improving their socio-economic condition. The Former Dy. C.M said that people were deprived of LPG as cooking fuel prior to the installation of BJP led Government at the Centre and they relied on firewood, coal, dung etc that adversely affected the health of women and children causing severe respiratory diseases. Furthermore, he appealed to people who can afford the non subsidized cylinder to voluntarily give up their subsidy as more people belonging to BPL category can be benefited under the scheme.
He directed the concerned officials to identify more BPL families through Socio-Economic Caste Census Data and ensure that no eligible beneficiary was left out.
Vivek Patyal, Subash Chander, Sharda Kumari, Ajay Sharma, Dalbir Singh among others was present on the occasion.

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Hello Jammu News at 7:15:00 PM 0

Jammu, July 04: Former Minister, Sat Sharma and local MLA from the Jammu West, Constituency distributed Gas Connections to the dozens of women folk under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana.
Former Minister was also accompanied by District President Jammu West Ayodhya Gupta, State Press Secretary Dr. Pardeep Mahotra and other local social and political activists during the gas distribution function. In a function, held at Gurudwara Taali Sahib, Talab Tillo,
Sat Sharma while addressing the beneficiaries said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has initiated numerous schemes for the benefit of the common masses keeping in view the persons who have been left out of the touch of basic amenities of life. He said that the inefficient policies and political will shown by earlier governments led to the development of wide gap between the rich and the poor and they kept large chunk of population under-privileged for their own selfish mottos.
Sharma also emphasized that the women form 50 percent of the total population and no society can think of surviving and advancing without ensuring women upliftment. He said that still after so many decades of the Indian Independence from the British, we have witnessed our women folk in many areas using the wood to fire the old time “Chulha”. He added that this adversely affects the health of women folk which forces them to inhale unlimited smoke.
Sat Sharma while giving details of the today’s programme, said that more than 3o families got the benefit of the free gas connections under the scheme. He said that 5 lakh, twenty nine thousands and three hundred women beneficiaries have been benefitted under present Ujjawala schemes in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. He said that now the limit of giving benefit to the needy families has been increased for meeting out the demand of every household with a vision to replace every single wooden chulha with the LPG gas stove.

Sharma said that BJP is working with a pious mission of giving life filled with dignity to each and every individual irrespective of caste, region, religion or gender and BJP will ensure this. He also prompted the local political and social activists to ensure the implementation of all Centre and State sponsored government schemes at the ground level by working extra hours.
Jeet Angral, Adv. Rajesh Gupta, Jaideep Sambyal, Veenu Khanna, Veena Gupta, Keshav Chopra, Asha Sharma, Kulbhushan Vohra, Dr. Dineshwar Sharma, Puneet Mahajan, Deepak Kumar, Yashpaul Shivgotra were also present during the distribution function.

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Hello Jammu News at 8:23:00 PM 0
New Delhi, May 28 :  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said 10 crore LPG connections, including four crore free to poor women, were given in last four years, compared to 13 crore in six decades since Independence, as his government stepped up efforts to shield women and children from kitchen smoke

Interacting through video-conference with some of the women beneficiaries who received free cooking gas connection under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Modi recounted his own childhood when his mother struggled with smoke emitting from cooking on firewood or cow dung, to say his government will increase coverage of clean fuel to 100 per cent households in the near future

"Till 2014, only 13 crore LPG connections were given. These were mostly to rich and affluent class. In the past four years, we have given 10 crore new LPG connections, mostly to poor," he said. "Ujjwala Yojana has strengthened the lives of the poor, marginalised, dalits, tribal communities. This initiative is playing a central role in social empowerment." 

Launched in May 2016, the scheme aims to provide in next three years as many as 5 crore free cooking gas connections to women from extremely poor households, aimed at reducing the use of polluting fuels such as wood and dried cow dung that, according to the World Health Organisation, cause 1.3 million premature deaths in India every year

The target was raised to 8 crore this year by adding two additional years

India aims to increase liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) usage to cover 80 per cent of its households by March 2019, against 72.8 percent in 2017. The Prime Minister did not give a date for achieving 100 per cent coverage

Modi said LPG is the cleanest and easily available source of energy that is giving women a healthier lifestyle, saving them time, helping them financially and saving the environment

As many as 45 per cent of the four crore free LPG connections given under Ujwalla are to dalits, he said

Stating that his government stood for empowerment of the dalits, the Prime Minister said more than 1,200 petrol pumps have been given to dalit families since 2014 as compared to 445 retail outlets given to such families during 2010-2014 period of the previous UPA regime

Similarly, 1,300 families got LPG distributorship as compared to 900 in the previous years

The government, he said, is very serious in eliminating middlemen and so the beneficiary list has been made transparent

Apart from those included under socio-economic caste census (SECC) to avail the scheme, the extended Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana would now cover all SC/ST households, most backward classes, beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin), Antyoday Anna Yojana, forest dwellers, people residing in river and river islands

Modi said the government is targeting one lakh LPG Panchayats (peer learning platforms to support behaviour change in Ujjwala beneficiaries) this year to boost the LPG refill consumption and provide a window for the benefits of cleaner fuel to become visible

Under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, the government provides a subsidy of Rs 1,600 to state-owned fuel retailers for every free LPG gas connection that they install in poor rural households without one

This subsidy is intended to cover the security fee for the cylinder and the fitting charges. The beneficiary has to buy her own cooking stove and refills

To reduce the burden, the scheme allows beneficiaries to pay for the stove and the first refill in monthly installments. However, the cost of all subsequent refills has to be borne by the beneficiary household

He said 70 per cent of the villages are 100 per cent covered by LPG and 81 per cent village are covered up to 75 per cent

In his interaction with women beneficiaries from different states, he asked them if they were getting LPG refills on time and if any middlemen were asking for money. He asked them about their experience of using LPG and how it saved them time, which they can utilise for supporting the family financially by starting schemes like tiffin service

He asked women to give healthy and nutritious food to their kids and not just rely on junk food

Modi said he will never forget one of Premchand's stories, Idgah. "The story is about young Hamid, who does not buy sweets or gifts during Id but buys a 'Chimta' so that his grandmother does not burn her hands while cooking. This story is extremely emotional." 

"Ujjwala Yojana is leading to better health for India's Nari Shakti," he said.PTI
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Hello Jammu News at 7:42:00 PM 0




RAMBAN, APRIL 14 – The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) would distribute 100 free gas connections to eligible women hailing from BPL and SC/ST families under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) on the occasion of Ujjwala Diwas to be observed on April 20, 2018 in the district.
As part of Gram Swaraj Abhiyan, the gas connections would be provided to the poor women under PMUY which is a flagship programme of the Union Government to provide clean cooking fuel to BPL women.
District Nodal Officer, IOC Rakesh Tikku informed that Ujjwala Diwas would be celebrated in the district under the scheme that aims to empower women and improve their health by easing out the burden of cooking on wood and Chulha. The village Sanasar has also been identified to be made smoke free by May 5, 2018, he added. 

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Launches Diya Gas operations


JAMMU, JANUARY 12: Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh today launched Diya Gas Bottling Plant Ltd operations which will provide hassle free and timely LPG access to domestic and commercial users in the state.
Minister of State for Tourism and Education, Priya Sethi, MLC Charanjeet Singh Khalsa, CFO Diya Gas, JK Handa, CEO Diya Gas, Sandeep Sheron besides other dignitaries were also present on the occasion.
While speaking on the occasion, Deputy Chief Minister congratulated the entrepreneur for the venture and expressed hope that it shall provide better services to the consumers in a hassle free manner.
Dr Singh said that it is the Mission of Prime Minister that each and every household in the country has LPG connection and hassle free availability of cooking gas that would lead towards smoke free society, less pollution, convenience and healthy life. He said that central and state governments are working in tandem to ensure better implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) scheme to achieve the envisioned goal of safeguarding the health of women & children by providing them with a clean cooking fuel – LPG, so that they don’t have to compromise their health in smoky kitchens or wander in unsafe areas collecting firewood.
Dr Singh expressed hope that more such projects shall come up in the state creating employment avenues for the youth besides ensuring better LPG penetration.  He expressed hope that Diya Gas Bottling Plant Ltd shall ensure good hassel free services to the consumers.  
Priya Sethi, while speaking on the occasion, complimented the team of Diya Gas  and said that this initiative shall provide better services to the consumers besides generating employment avenues for  our youth. She hailed the concept of on call LPG delivery system being offered by the agency   that shall make the service mechanism more prompt and easy.

CEO, Sandeep Sheron, CFO, JK Handa and Janveer Singh Channel partner also spoke on the occasion and informed about the services in offing by the organisation.
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Hello Jammu News at 8:12:00 PM 0

JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 12: Speaker J&K Legislative Assembly, Kavinder Gupta today distributed free gas connections to BPL female beneficiaries under the Scheme Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) here at Bawe.
Speaking on the occasion, Speaker said that the government has already distributed 2500 connections in Gandhi Nagar. He said that the launch of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) is a major initiative taken to improve the living standard of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families by empowering their female folk.
He said that this scheme will protect the health of women and children by reducing the serious respiratory diseases caused by the smoke of fire wood  while cooking and also helps to decline the death rate in the country due to unclean cooking fuel.
He issued instructions to concerned authorities to ensure that the benefit of the scheme reaches to  the  deserving people at the grassroots level.
Kavinder said there is a huge population living in far off villages of the State and some in cities itself, who due to poverty, are still forced to use the orthodox forms of fuel.
The Speaker also assured that people who could not get enlisted in the present list would soon be covered. He said that the Government is committed to ensure that LPG connection reaches every single household.
Kavinder Gupta also listed out various social welfare schemes launched by Centre and State governments, and urged the people to avail benefits of these schemes. He stressed upon the people to help disseminate information about these welfare programmes among others so that no household remains devoid of their benefits.
Later, Kavinder Gupta inaugurated macadamization of two roads from Narwal Chowk to Bahu Rotary and Zorawar Singh Chowk to Nanak Nagar which was executed by PWD (R&B).
Speaking on the occasion, Speaker said that the government is committed to provide basic amenities to the people living in every nook and corner of the state. 

Executive Engineer and other senior officers of PWD were also present on the occasion.
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Hello Jammu News at 9:50:00 PM 0

          RAMBAN, JUNE 14: On the eve of the completion of the three years of the NDA government at the centre, a seminar on the theme- ‘Sabka Saath,Sabka Vikas’ was organised unit at Ramban today.

               Speaking on the occasion the Minister of State for Transport, PWD R&B, Revenue, Science and Technology and Agriculture Sunil Sharma said that the equitable and corruption free development in all respects has been recorded in Modi led NDA government.

               MLA Ramban Neelam Kumar Langeh also spoke on the various achievements and schemes of the government.

          SSP Ramban, Mohan Lal, TDM, BSNL, Manohar Lal, ADC Ramban Angrez Singh Rana, ASP Mushtaq Choudhary and ACR Vevaik Puri besides the district officers of various departments were also present on the occasion.   

The chief Guest, Sunil Sharma said all the policies and Progrmmes framed by the present Government at Centre led by Narendara Modi have focused on the formula ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’.

He said government has launched 106 welfare schemes which has changed the socio-economic dynamics in the country at all levels since the Narendra Modi Government came to power in 2014.

               Responding to demands raised by MLA Ramban, minister announced more SRTC bus service for Ramban constituency, Ladies special full AC bus for Ramban town.

          He said Rs. 2800 crore has been released under PMGSY in state out of which 600 crore are for erstwhile Doda district. He said Rs. 8 crore has been released for black topping work in Ramban constituency and assured road connectivity to every village   by the end of 2019.

Later minister also distributed free LPG   connection among the beneficiaries. 

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