NEW DELHI: Government will be rolling out from tomorrow a country wide Direct Transfer of LPG (DBTL) scheme under which the subsidy on cooking gas cylinders will be transferred directly into the bank account of the consumer while he will pay a market price for the same. After being tried in 54 districts the scheme known as PAHAL (Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh) will be extended to all 676 districts of the country from tomorrow. Consumers who wish to join the scheme will have to either link their Aadhaar number into their bank account and their LPG consumer or if they do not possess Aadhaar number, they will have to link their bank account directly with their 17 digit LPG Id, said State Level Co-ordinator (Oil Industry) Delhi release.
Once a Consumer joins the scheme, he will get the cylinders at market price and will receive LPG subsidy directly in his bank account. A sum of Rs 568 will be paid in advance to the consumer, in the bank account, it added. LPG consumers who do not wish to avail the LPG subsidy for LPG cylinders can simply choose to opt out of subsidy. Over 12000 citizens have already voluntarily given up subsidy freeing up crores of subsidy amount for their less privileged brethren, the release said. As on December 30, 2014, an amount of Rs 624 Crore has been transferred to over 20 Lakh LPG consumers since the launch of the scheme on 15th November 2014. (AGENCIES)
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