“Genuine beneficiaries must avail govt’s welfare schemes with transparency”

From Our Correspondent

KANGPOKPI | Oct 3

“In recent years, Indian women including the women community of Manipur are extensively and steadily empowering through the present BJP government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi”, claimed minister Nemcha Kipgen.

The social welfare and cooperation minister, said this during L.P.G. safety clinic cum distribution of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) today at community hall, Kangpokpi.

The social welfare minister also said that the government has launched several schemes catering to every section of the society and it is now the responsibility of the public to take these schemes to the genuine beneficiaries in a transparent and judicious manner while reiterating her call for change of mind-set and work culture.

Stressing the Prime Minister’s concerned and care for the women community of the Nation, Nemcha said that it is hard to define the love and concerned of our PM towards women community of India while adding that he has taken several big decisions to empower women by increasing and improving the socio-economic, political and legal strength of the women and to ensure equal-right.

The minister while emphasising on the Centre’s commitment on development of the poorest sections of the society also said that PMUY is the people-oriented scheme which seeks to empower women and protect their health by shifting them from traditional cooking based on unclean cooking fuels or on fossil fuels to clean cooking gas and it is a part of the Prime Minister’s dream of ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas’ with the tagline of ‘Swachh Indhan, Behtar Jeevan’.

Under PMUY women belonging to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families would be provided clean cooking fuel. The scheme aims to provide LPG connections to 5 crore BPL households by 2019 across the country and offers assistance of Rs 1600 for one connection.

Expressing gratitude to M/S JS. Indane, Kangpokpi for their judicious service, Nemcha said that she is extremely happy to learn the former has been delivering service even to the remote and un-motorable areas by foot.

Nemcha further urged all village chiefs, chairman, heads, Khullakpa, Gaon Bura and concerned responsible persons to take initiative in the enrolment process of their respective villagers to avail all the government schemes mean for them.

The minister also called for unity irrespective of communities so as to ensure grassroots level development in the district.

As a symbolic launch of PMUY in the district, Nemcha handed over LPG connections to 51 beneficiaries on the occasion in the presence of other dignitaries.

The occasion was also attended by T.C. Token, F.O. I.O.C, Kangpokpi town committee chairman, Chonkam Kipgen, Mother’s Union President, Themlhing Lhouvum, KYU president Tolminthang Kipgen and Nenem Misao, proprietor, M/S JS. Indane, Kangpokpi.