(FE)
President Ram Nath Kovind has stepped in to promote the idea of safe and efficient use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Rashtrapati Bhawan will host the Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat on Tuesday. Over 100 beneficiaries of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government’s flagship scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), from 20 states will share their experiences of how the clean cooking fuel has changed their lives, in the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind. So far more than 33.6 million LPG consumers across 712 districts have been registered under the ambitious scheme. The event will be hosted at the Durbar Hall and will also have distributors, manufacturers, ministry officials and oil-marketing firms, and women representatives of Parliament.
Health experts have also been invited to the event, at which Kovind is likely to deliver a pep talk.
The LPG Panchayat, which was launched in September in Gandhinagar, is aimed at driving rural households to adopt LPG. “We are looking to spread awareness among LPG users on using the clean fuel. The plan is to conduct 100,000 LPG panchayats across the country, dealing with the issue of safe use of LPG as well as its various benefits, such as environment, health, and how it empowers women,” said an official of an oil-marketing company.
