STATE TIMES NEWS
Udhampur: Stressing that Pradhan Mantra Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) will ensure empowerment and good health of women in BPL households who will lead a smoke free and less polluted life, Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali informed that this scheme also incorporates an LPG accident insurance cover of Rs. 6 lakh for the consumer. The minister was speaking after launching the scheme at Udhampur. MLA Udhampur Pawan Gupta was also present on the occasion. Ch. Zulfkar said that the Chief Minister of the State is well versed with the problems faced by the women in the State and it is due to her efforts that the scheme could be extended to the State of Jammu and Kashmir also. The minister said that 7,155 beneficiaries have been identified in Udhampur under PMUY while a total of 2,660 beneficiaries have been identified in the district Reasi under the scheme and further directed the District administration Udhampur and Reasi to organise more and more awareness camps regarding the scheme so that more number of beneficiaries can avail benefits of the scheme. Deputy Commissioner, Reasi Ravinder Kumar, Chief Conservator of Forests Roshan Jaggi, Deputy Controler, Legal Metrology Manoj Prabh-akar and other officers of the concerned departments were also present on the occasion.
