‘Free LPG, power to poor to cover over 21k villages’
The secretary (coordination) to the Union government Inder Jit Singh said the Gram Swaraj Ahbiyan (GSA) scheme, which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 14 to extend free LPG connections and electricity supply among other benefits to the poor, will cover 21,058 villages across the country. He was speaking at the conference of the lieutenant governors/administrators of the Union territories at Andaman and Nicobar Islands, said a release from Raj Nivas, Puducherry. Apart from extending free LPG and power connections to poor villagers, the scheme aims to bring them under insurance cover, open Jan Dhan accounts for them and ensure immunization of their children.The Union government will implement the scheme with the active co.....