Now address proof will not be needed for gas connection, PM Modi launched Ujjwala Do

Ujjwala scheme will give women freedom from smoke, in the first phase one and a half crore beneficiaries got the benefit

Mahoba, Aug 10 (IANS)| Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched the virtual launch of Ujjwala 2.0 from Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. During this, he announced that now address proof will not be required for gas connection. He said that many of our comrades from all over UP and other states including Bundelkhand, go from village to city to work, go to other states. But there they face the problem of proof of address. Similarly, the Ujjwala 2.0 scheme will give maximum relief to lakhs of such families.

The Prime Minister said that my labor colleagues do not need to wander here and there for proof of address. The government has full faith in your honesty. All you have to do is give a self-declaration of your address, that is, by writing yourself and you will get a gas connection. He said that our daughters will be able to come out of the house and kitchen and contribute extensively in nation building only when the problems related to home and kitchen are solved first. Therefore, in the last 6-7 years, every such solution has been worked on a mission mode.

Said that today the second phase of Ujjwala Yojana is also starting from Veer Bhoomi Mahoba. Today I am remembering another great child of Bundelkhand. Major Dhyan Chand, our Dadda Dhyan Chand. The name of the country’s highest sports award is now Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. Under the Swachh Bharat Mission, crores of toilets have been built across the country. If we look at the progress of the last seven and a half decades, then we definitely feel that there are some situations, some situations which could have been changed many decades ago. Home, electricity, water, toilets, gas, roads, hospitals, schools, there are many such basic needs, for which the countrymen had to wait for decades.

The stove of the poor’s house should always be lit. Whatever schemes there are, the benefits of all those should continue to be given to the poor. Today I got a chance to talk to all of you moms and sisters. I am happy that after a few days the holy festival of Rakshabandhan is coming. I have already received your blessings by talking to all of you sisters. The number of women whose lives have been illuminated by the Ujjwala Yojana is unprecedented. This scheme was started in 2016 from Ballia, the land of Mangal Pandey. Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri said that 1.5 crore new connections have been given in Uttar Pradesh under the Ujjwala Yojana. The Petroleum Minister said that Ujjwala 2.0 is starting with Mahoba ki Veer Bhoomi.

He said that the Ujjwala scheme will make women free from smoke. This scheme is brightening the lives of women. His social and health has improved. Special provision has been made for migrant laborers in the Ujjwala scheme. In 2016, 55 percent people had connections, today everyone has them. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that a new dawn has come in the lives of the women of Uttar Pradesh through the Ujjwala Yojana. This scheme of PM Modi has changed the lives of crores of women. Six years ago today, Ujjwala Yojana was started from the land of Ballia, this scheme worked to bring change in the lives of all citizens. In the first phase, 1.5 crore beneficiaries got its benefit.