{"id":307689,"date":"2019-01-02T08:47:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T08:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=307689"},"modified":"2019-01-02T08:47:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T08:47:33","slug":"vice-president-m-venkaiah-naidu-hands-over-the-6-croreth-pmuy-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/vice-president-m-venkaiah-naidu-hands-over-the-6-croreth-pmuy-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu hands over the 6 croreth PMUY connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-307690 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/naidu-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/01\/naidu-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/01\/naidu.jpg 529w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday handed over the 6 croreth LPG connection under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in New Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Jasmina Khatoon, a resident of Shivpark in Khanpur area of the national capital received the symbolic cooking gas connection. Many other beneficiaries were also provided with the connection under the scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan was present on the occasion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Speaking on the occasion, the Vice President said that PMUY endeavours to fulfil the dream of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi to benefit the poor persons, the persons in the last row of the society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Vice President acknowledged the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and guidance of Dharmendra Pradhan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Naidu said that Indian economy is striving fast to become 3rd\u00a0largest economy of the world, and the schemes like PMUY deal with the social aspect of the growth story, by its inclusiveness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He congratulated all the stakeholders in achieving the target, well before the schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On his part, Dharmendra\u00a0Pradhan said that in the fifty years since the launch of LPG, only 13 crore connections were provided while in the last 54 months, almost similar number of connections have been provided by this government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He said that the PMUY has been hailed by the international organizations and developed countries while it has set an example for the developing countries of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Modi\u2019s Government launched PMUY in May, 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PMUY implementation has been appreciated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and termed it as a decisive intervention to check the indoor health pollution being faced by the women of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday handed over the 6 croreth LPG connection under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in New Delhi. Jasmina Khatoon, a resident of Shivpark in Khanpur area of the national capital received the symbolic cooking gas connection. Many other beneficiaries were also provided with the connection under the scheme. 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