Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 10: Stressing the need to ensure inclusive growth of differently-abled members of society, the Speaker Legislative Assembly and MLA Gandhi Nagar Kavinder Gupta today said that a society cannot grow until every individual is empowered to realize their full potential.
Kavinder Gupta said this while addressing a function wherein he distributed motorized cycles among differently-abled members from his Constituency Development Fund.
The Speaker said that Government is focused on empowering all citizens and create an inclusive environment for differently abled people so that they can work normally in the society and live a dignified life with respect and honor.
”The aim of the Government is to help these people grow into self reliant, independent individuals”, he added.
Kavinder said that to help them, Government has made provisions to provide loan facilities so that they can work and open their own venture and earn their livelihood.
He said that multiple schemes have been launched by Central and State Governments to empower them besides measures are also being undertaken to make access to public infrastructure friendly for differently-abled people by constructing ramps in Government offices, educational benefits, review of reservation rules besides availability of motorized cycles.
He also inaugurated multiple development works in the constituency including lane and drain at Deep Nagar Kunjwani made at a cost of Rs 12 lakh which has been constructed by JMC and newly installed transformer at Shivshakti Mohalla Narwal Bala.
Earlier, the Speaker distributed LPG connections under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwal Yojana (PMUY) among BPL beneficiaries at Gorkha Nagar, Ward No 48.
Highlighting the objectives of PMUY, the Speaker said the scheme aims to safeguard the health of women and children by replacing the unclean cooking fuels. Further, to ensure women’s empowerment, the connections are issued in the name of women of the households, he added.
Kavinder issued instructions to concerned authorities to ensure that the benefit of the scheme reaches to the deserving people at the grassroots level.
He directed the concerned officials to identify more BPL families and ensure that no eligible beneficiary is left out. He also exhorted eligible women candidates from BPL families to apply for the scheme to reap the benefits.
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