<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Dharmendra Pradhan has said that whether it is providing 8 crore LPG cylinders to poor women, financial inclusion of 22 crore women through Jan Dhan Yojana, Mahila Shakti Kendras to empower rural women with skill development or providing sanitary pads to 5 crore women at one rupee, the Modi government has always been a step ahead.  <br />''<br />''Mr. Pradhan tweeted that LPG connections under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana have uplifted more than 47 lakh poor women and their families in Odisha. The Minister said, the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao initiative has caught the imagination of rural India across states including Odisha. More than 80 lakh toilets have been constructed under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in Odisha, which also is among the top five states to benefit from the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan, he added.</span><br />