(PTI)
The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for the state of Nagaland was launched by minister for Forest, Environment and Climate Change, Imkong L Imchen on Wednesday at IMC Hall Dimapur. The PMUY scheme will benefit 1.8 lakh beneficiaries in two years indentified through the 2011 socio-economic census data. 20 beneficiaries representing the 1.8 lakh were handed the connection at the launching programme on Wednesday.
The launch of PMUY was delayed for a period of one year in the northeast region due to ‘technical reason’ and Nagaland is only the second state after Assam where PMUY scheme has been launched, said Indian Oil-Assam Oil Division (AOD) executive director Dipankar Ray.Under this PMUY scheme, five crore LPG connections will be provided to BPL families and those will be issued in the name of women in the families.“The centre will give a support of Rs 1600 per connection to the beneficiaries, which shall make LPG connection more affordable and the target of central government is 90 percent where BPL families who do not have LPG connection would be covered through PMUY”, said Ray while briefing media persons after the launch of PMUY.
Addressing on the context of Nagaland, Imchen shared concern and doubt on the shortage of LPG in the state. He therefore appealed the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to address this issue while calling on the mainland media to address the issues of northeast, and not isolate the region.
