Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 2: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs and Information, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali today congratulated the oil industry, FCS&CA Department and other stakeholders for their synergized efforts for achieving targets set under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) and taking J&K to the top rank in its implementation.
The Minister was speaking at a function organized to distribute new LPG connections among beneficiaries under PMUY. He distributed 300 new LPG connections taking the total number of beneficiaries covered under PMUY in J&K to 42411 which is 69% of the allotted target, highest registered achievement among other States.
The Minister said that PMUY is being implemented with an objective to provide free LPG connections to BPL households as a clean fuel alternative on the basis of socio-economic caste census 2011 so that no exclusion error surfaces and the benefits reach the deserving beneficiary.
The Minister maintained that though the State of J&K enrolled under the centrally sponsored scheme at a later stage but the State’s high level of deliverance soon overtook others in the country in the race of being crowned as the leader in PMUY implementation towards being a clean cooking fuel based State.
While referring to the GST Zulfkar Ali said that J&K has a special status in Union of India which is distinct from other States. As such the State has its own sensitivities and aspirations, which is also reflected in the GST related opportunities and challenges. Assuring the protection of interests of people of J&K at large and business community of the State in general, the Minister said that GST will be implemented in the State only after taking due care of J&K’s special status and other concerns.
The Minister further reiterated the Government’s resolve in taking forward the vision of healthy and clean State for the betterment of all and empowerment of women under the guidance of the Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti.
Vice Chairman, State Advisory Board for the Welfare, Development of Scheduled Castes, Bhushan Lal Dogra, Secretary Department of Food, Civil, Supplies & Consumers Affairs Shafiq Ahmed Raina, District Development Commissioner, Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, Director Food, Civil, Supplies & Consumers R A Inqlabi, Joint Director Information Jammu, Manisha Sarin, other senior officers from FCS&CA and Information Departments were also present on the occasion.
Later, Zulfkar Ali visited the construction site of official building of Directorate of Food, Civil, Supplies & Consumers Affairs being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 10 crore at Warehouse, Jammu. He directed early completion of the project to facilitate the functioning of the department.
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