Ensure full beneficiary coverage under schemes like ABDM: LG Kavinder.

Ensure full beneficiary coverage under schemes like ABDM: LG Kavinder.
Advocates maximum outreach of welfare programmes for Ladakh residents
Leh, Aug 11: Hon’ble Lt Governor of Ladakh, Shri Kavinder Gupta, has stressed the need to ensure that no eligible citizen is left out of central government welfare schemes, particularly the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM). He called for maximum registration under ABDM to build a robust digital health ecosystem in the Union Territory.
Chairing a meeting with Mission Director, National Health Mission, UT Ladakh, Mr. Tushar Anand, IAS, at the LG Secretariat, Shri Gupta emphasised wide-scale promotion of health initiatives so that the benefits reach every household. He appreciated NHM’s plan to install hoardings across Ladakh to spread awareness about ABDM.
In another meeting, a delegation from the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF) sought his intervention to route all expeditions to open and closed peaks in Ladakh through IMF, in line with the newly framed Ladakh Mountaineering Policy 2024.
Job aspirants in the Handloom Department also called on the Lt Governor, requesting inclusion of diploma holders in Handloom and Textile Engineering in recruitment notifications and early advertisement of posts by the Ladakh Subordinate Services Staff Selection Board.
Members of ‘Team Stringmo’ presented the Lt Governor with a handmade painting ahead of Independence Day and briefed him about their art workshops conducted for nearly 500 students in Kargil. They sought space for an art gallery and support for an exposure tour to an Art College outside Ladakh.
A delegation from Ibex Colony and line producer George Odpal also met the Lt Governor.
Reiterating the UT Ladakh Administration’s commitment, Shri Kavinder Gupta assured full support for the dissemination and saturation of welfare schemes for the people of Ladakh.