Pradhan flags off two welfare projects of ONGC at Betul in MP

New Delhi: In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to increase the use of renewable energy and making India Atmanirbhar, two projects supported by Energy Maharatna ONGC for the welfare of people in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh were launched by Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday. The Minister laid the foundation stone of a hostel-cum-training facility for farmers at Bharat Bharati Shiksha Samiti. He also launched the distribution of Solar Chulhas to poor households in Betul, which is being developed as a solar village.

ONGC has got solar chulhas designed and developed through IIT Bombay, at an investment of around Rs 90 lakh. The minister distributed 86 Solar PV cook-stoves to poor households in the district — 74 were distributed to households of Bacha Gram Panchayat in Ghodadongri Tehsil of Baitul District, 12 in Jamthi village school. All the beneficiaries belonged to the poor and underprivileged sections of the society.

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The two-floor (G+1) hostel-cum-training facility, being built at an investment of around Rs 3 crore, will be used to train poor farmers in organic farming. The structure is being built on a 3.45-acre land on the campus of Bharat Bharati Siksha Samiti. Around 15,000 to 20,000 poor farmers will benefit from this ONGC welfare project. The Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas laid the foundation stone of this facility.

ONGC

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is a public sector multinational crude oil and gas company. Its registered office is in New Delhi. It is owned by the government, under the administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. It is the largest oil and gas exploration and production company in the country, and produces around 70 percent of India's crude oil (equivalent to around 57 percent of the country's total demand) and around 84 percent of its natural gas.

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