Excelsior Correspondent
BUDGAM, Oct 26: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali, today said the State Government would take every possible step for welfare of women and Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) scheme is a step towards the same.
The Minister said this after rolling out PMUY scheme for District Budgam by symbolic distribution of gas coupons among Below Poverty Line (BPL) women here.
Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura and MLC Saifuddin Bhat also attended the function.
Speaking on the occasion, Zulfkar Ali said that the present dispensation is keen to work for the overall uplift of women in the State.
He informed that the Government is working towards ensuring that the benefits of the scheme reach all women falling in BPL category by 2018. So far the scheme has already been launched in 16 districts, including Budgam, he added.
He asked the concerned DC to check if there are any irregularities in the present list of beneficiaries. He also directed the DC to make one more list of left out beneficiaries.
Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Agriculture, Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura, appreciated the scheme saying it would not only improve health situation of women living in rural or forest areas, but would also save our forests as people living near these areas used to get fire wood from there for cooking purposes.
He asked FSC&CA Minister to review PMUY list of beneficiaries formulated by the district administration and put a check on irregularities if found, so that benefit of the scheme reach to deserving people only.
Secretary FCS&CA Shafiq Raina, District Development Commissioner Budgam Mir Altaf Ahmad, Director FCS&CA Tassaduq Jeelani, ex-MLA Dr. Shafi Ahmad Wani, SSP Budgam and representatives from various oil companies, along with citizens from various walks of life attended the function.
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