The majority of the union government’s initiatives, according to Union Minister of Housing, Urban Affairs, Petroleum, and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri, are designed to empower women. Today at Mankara Panchayat in the Palakkad district, he was launching the Vikasit Bharat Sankalp Yatra. According to the Minister, 10 crore of the 18 crore gas connections that have been made available since 2014 are part of the Ujjwala Yojana. According to him, the Vikasit Bharat Sankalp Yatra seeks to guarantee that all societal segments benefit from government initiatives.