Mangaluru: Shri Rameswar Teli, Union Minister of State Petroleum & Natural Gas and Labour & Employment, was in Mangalore on a one-day tour of Mangalore.
Minister visited the ESIC Hospital, and EPFO interacted with the staff and officers.
In the evening Minister attended an event held at MRPL where benefits of various central government schemes were disbursed to the beneficiaries.
Minister handed over New LPG connections to 20 women beneficiaries via Pradhan Manthri Ujjwala Yojana. (PMYU). Mr Gur Prasad, SLC for Karnataka, briefed the gathering about the contribution of OMCs like IOCL, HPCL and BPCL in providing the benefit of PMYU to 36,99,841 beneficiaries in Karnataka.
Shri Srinivasa Shetty ALC (Central) briefed the gathering about the benefits of the e-SHRAM card, which is a novel scheme for the benefit of workers belonging to the unorganized sector. Minister disbursed the e-SHRAM cards to 11 beneficiaries from the surrounding villages.
During the stage program Minister felicitated seven employees of MRPL who bravely fought a major fire in a neighbouring industry within the MSEZL and averted a major catastrophe. Minister also congratulated employees of MRPL who had won medals in the Oil Para Olympics.
During the event Minister digitally laid the foundation stone for MRPL’s Devengonthi Marketing Terminal, which is coming up at Bangalore for storage and distribution of Hydrocarbons in the Bangalore region.
Minister spoke on occasion and highlighted the efforts made by the Central Government under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modiji for the benefit of poor and needy sections of society.
He informed that one crore additional connections had been given under Ujjwala Yojana 2.0, and this has benefitted women of economically weaker sections of the society. Minister mentioned the role of OMC’s IOCL, HPCL and BPCL in executing the same.
He also emphasized the benefits of schemes like the e-SHARM Card and Pradhan Manthri Shram Yogi Maandhan yojana to the workers from the unorganized sector. He encouraged the beneficiaries to spread the word and help others to gain the benefit of these novel schemes of the government.
Shri M Venkatesh, MD MRPL, Welcomed the gathering on occasion, and Shri Sanjay Varma, Director Refinery MRPL, gave the vote of thanks. Shri BHV Prasad ED Projects and Shri Shyam Kamath ED Refinery were on the Dais. Many senior officers from MRPL, IOCL, HPCL and BPCL were present.
After the event, Minister laid the foundation stone for the Bitumen Blowing Unit Additional Train Project of MRPL. Minister also visited ISPRL, Mangalore, during his visit.
