Bhubaneswar, Aug 1: Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday had held meeting with all District Nodal Officers (DNOs) of Eastern States and North Eastern States. Nearly 250 DNOs, Senior Officials of Ministry and Oil Marketing Companies had attended the meeting. The DNO meet was first such meeting organised to provide an opportunity for experience sharing by DNOs in implementing Hon’ble Prime Minister’s ambitious Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna under which LPG connections are given to women of BPL Households.
A large no. of DNOs shared their experiences in implementing the scheme which included massive communication strategy to educate prospective beneficiaries, enrollment of beneficiaries, strengthening of infrastructure and coordination with elected representatives & local administration.
DNOs also highlighted the steps taken by them to educate beneficiaries on safety measures and insurance cover available. Few DNOs highlighted the difficulties faced in the field.
Hon’ble MOS appreciated the enormous enthusiasm & commitment shown by each DNO being foot soldier of Hon’ble PM’s vision to bring qualitative change in the lives of millions of women. He emphasised that DNOs to be more vigilant on involvement of any middle man and directed to reach out to every beneficiary. He further stressed on the need of ensuring quality services to all LPG consumers.
Hon’ble minister directed all DNOs to organise distribution melas from 15th of August involving freedom fighters to make 70th Independence Day.
The scheme was launched on 1st May at Ballia and Saturday was the 90th day after launch of the scheme, a total of 23 lakhs connections have been issued so far under PMUY.
