पंतप्रधान नरेंद्र मोदी यांनी देशभरातील उज्ज्वला लाभार्थींशी व्हिडिओ कॉन्फरन्सद्वारे संवाद साधला.
या संवादासाठी देशभरातल्या 600 हून अधिक केंद्रांवर प्रत्येकी 3 उज्ज्वला लाभार्थी उपस्थित होत्या.
नरेंद्र मोदी ॲप, विविध दूरचित्रवाणी वृत्त वाहिन्या आणि सोशल मिडिया मंच तसेच इतर माध्यमातून सुमारे 10 लाख लोकांनी हा संवाद अनुभवला.
तंत्रज्ञानाच्या माध्यमातून लाभार्थ्यांशी संवाद साधून त्यांचे अनुभव जाणून घेता आल्याबद्दल पंतप्रधानांनी आनंद व्यक्त केला. उज्ज्वला योजना प्रगतीचे चिन्ह ठरत आहे, असे पंतप्रधान म्हणाले. यापुढे मोठे सामाजिक परिवर्तन घडत असून देशाचा सर्वंकष विकास होत असल्याचे त्यांनी सांगितले.
उज्ज्वला योजनेअंतर्गत, ग्रामीण भागातल्या सुमारे 4 कोटी महिलांना आतापर्यंत स्वयंपाकाच्या गॅसची जोडणी मिळाली आहे. 2014 पासून 4 वर्षात 10 कोटी नव्या एलपीजी जोडण्या जारी करण्यात आल्या आहेत. 1955 ते 2014 या 6 दशकांच्या कालावधीत या जोडण्या 13 कोटी होत्या.
मुन्शी प्रेमचंद यांनी 1933 मध्ये लिहिलेल्या कथेचा उल्लेख करून बनवण्याचे महत्त्व अधोरेखित केले. उज्ज्वला योजनेमुळे अधिक चांगले आारेग्य, विषारी धुरापासून सुटका आणि स्वच्छ ऊर्जेमुळे अनेक फायदे मिळत असल्याचे त्यांनी सांगितले. यामुळे स्वयंपाक करण्याचा वेळ कमी झाल्याने महिलांना अतिरिक्त उत्पन्न मिळवण्याची मोठी संधी प्राप्त झाली आहे, असे पंतप्रधान म्हणाले.
या योजनेत कोणताही दलालाचा सहभाग नसावा याकडे केंद्र सरकार लक्ष देत असून लाभार्थ्यांची निवड पारदर्शक प्रक्रियेतून केली जाते, यावर पंतप्रधानांनी भर दिला.
देशातल्या 69 टक्के खेड्यांमध्ये आता 100 टक्के एलपीजी जोडण्या देण्यात आल्या असून 81 टक्के खेड्यात 75 टक्क्यांहून अधिक जोडण्या देण्यात आल्याचे पंतप्रधान म्हणाले.
एलपीजी जोडणीमुळे स्वयंपाक करायच्या वेळेत कशी बचत झाली आणि संपूर्ण कुटुंबाच्या जीवनमानाचा दर्जा कसा उंचावला हे लाभार्थ्यांनी पंतप्रधानांशी संवाद साधताना स्पष्ट केले.
Happy to be connecting with people from all over India. Technology is truly transforming lives.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 28, 2018
Ujjwala Yojana has positively impacted the lives of several people across India: PM @narendramodi
Ujjwala Yojana has strengthened the lives of the poor, marginalised, Dalits, Tribal communities. This initiative is playing a central role in social empowerment: PM @narendramodi https://t.co/vmRPtYigRh
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 28, 2018
Till 2014, 13 crore families got LPG connection. This means, for over six decades the figure stood at 13 crore. It was mostly the rich people who got LPG connections.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 28, 2018
In the last 4 years, 10 crore new connections have been added and the poor benefitted: PM @narendramodi
When I was young, I would see that the rich and big people would have gas connections. They would tell us, the poor people- it is unsafe to have a gas connection at home. When we would ask them why do they have it in their homes, they were silent: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 28, 2018
I will never forget one of Premchand's stories, Idgah.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 28, 2018
The story is about young Hamid, who does not buy sweets or gifts during Id but buys a 'Chimta' so that his grandmother does not burn her hands while cooking. This story is extremely emotional: PM @narendramodi
Ujjwala Yojana is leading to better health for India's Nari Shakti: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 28, 2018
When I was young and my mother would be cooking, we remember the smoke. I also remember the pains she took so that us, her little children to inhale the smoke: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 28, 2018
LPG Panchayats are being held across India, where key information regarding Ujjwala Yojana, safety measures are discussed: PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 28, 2018
Suchsmita Kabata from Mayurbhanj in Odisha talks about how Ujjwala has transformed her life. She says that due to Ujjwala Yojana she cooks faster and spend more time with her children. She also says now her children do not go hungry during monsoons and she can cook new things.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 28, 2018
A group of women from Chhattisgarh are interacting with PM @narendramodi. One of the women got her connection in 2016 and she feels it has enhanced the quality of life for her entire family. She adds that her children are particularly happy.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 28, 2018
When I was young, I had many Muslim neighbours. Many of my friends were Muslims. I remember during Ramzan, women woke up particularly early but the coming of the Ujjwala Yojana would have changed that too: PM @narendramodi while interacting with a group of women from Anantnag
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 28, 2018
Ujjwala Yojana gives us more time to pursue other things like stitching. During Ramzan in particular life has become easier thanks to Ujjwala Yojana: Ms. Arjumana
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 28, 2018
This is the month of Ramzan. We read the Holy Quran daily. We are going to pray daily for you and we hope that you continue to serve us as the Prime Minister: group of women from Anantnag tell PM @narendramodi
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) May 28, 2018
