Maharashtra : 33 lakh families to get ration cards, 40 lakh gas connections under Deendayal Upadhyay Antyodaya Abhiyan

Mumbai, July 15, 2019 : Deendayal Upadhyay Antyodaya Abhiyan has been launched today and will continue till August 14. During this month-long campaign 33 lakh families will be given ration cards and 40 lakh gas connections will be given. With this the state government is sincerely trying to reach out to the last segments of the society, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said today.

The Chief Minister launched the Deendayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Campaign at a function held at Sahyadri Guest House on Monday. On this occasion Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Minister Sambhaji Patil-Nilangekar, Industry Minister Subhash Desai, Union Heavy Industries Minister Arvinf Sawant, MoS Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Ravindra Chavhan, MLA Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Principal Secretary of Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department Mahesh Pathak and others were prominently present.

Chief Minister Fadnavis further said that with this campaign we can reach out to the last strata of the society. The Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar had announced ‘Smoke-free Maharashtra’ scheme in his additional budget. Due to Union Government’s ‘Ujjwala Yojana’ eight crore women in the country were freed from smoke. Under the Deendayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Abhiyan 40 lakh families in the state will be rid of smoke by providing gas connections to them.

Pt Deendayal Upadhayaya used to say that the last segment of the society should be the focal point of any scheme. I congratulate the Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department for studying how the benefits of Deendayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Abhiyan could be taken to the last segment while planning the details of the campaign, Fadnavis said.

He further said that the Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department has succeeded in restricting the corruption through digitization. With identification of fake beneficiaries and cancellation and their ration cards the department was able to reach out to the neglected beneficiaries, Fadanvis added while congratulating the department.

Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Minister Sambhaji Patil-Nilangekar said that the Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department is working to make public distribution system (PDS) more competent and effective. With the changes in PDS benefits could be given to actual beneficiaries and new beneficiaries could be connected. As the department is related to the daily life of the people, necessary changes were made targeting the common people. While making the PDS competent and strong on priority basis, stress was given on strengthening the entire system, he said.

Five beneficiaries were given ration cards and gas connection and food grains as token marking the formal launching of the campaign at the Sahyadri Guest House today.

What is Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Abhiyan ?

The Pandit Deendayal Upadhayay Antryoday Abhiyan will be implemented by Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department all over the state from July15, 2019 to August 14, 2019.The eligible families will be given 100 percent ration cards, 100 percent food grains to eligible beneficiaries and 100 percent gas connection to make ‘Smoke-free Maharashtra’. These will be the three major objectives of this campaign. Efforts will be made by the Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department to fulfill these objectives by giving 100 percent result. This campaign has been launched in all the districts of the state from today.