Aadhaar
mandatory to avail LPG subsidy in DBTL districts
The Direct Benefit Transfer for
LPG (DBTL) Scheme has been launched so far in 20 districts of the country
covering 7.3 million LPG consumers. The list of districts is attached
herewith. As per the scheme, cash subsidy is transferred for
the LPG cylinders directly into the bank accounts of the LPG consumers
while the sale happens at the market price. In order to avail
transfer of cash subsidy into the bank account, Aadhaar number of the LPG
consumer has to be linked to the LPG consumer number and the bank account of
the LPG consumer for which a three month grace period from date of launch is
provided.
So far around 3.5 million LPG consumers have already
linked their Aadhaar numbers to the LPG consumer numbers and their bank
accounts in the above 20 districts and 2.4 million consumers are
already receiving the subsidy directly in their bank accounts. The
DBTL scheme is now slated to be launched in another 34 districts of the country
on 1.9.2013 covering 14.7 million LPG consumers. All LPG consumers
of these 34 districts (as well as 20 districts covered earlier) are advised to
obtain Aadhaar number and provide them to their LPG distributors and to their
banks if they wish to avail of the LPG subsidy. It may be noted that Aadhaar number is mandatory for
availing LPG subsidy in DBTL districts after the initial grace period of three
months (this was
confirmed by Petroleum Minister yesterday on 27/08/2013) . However,
Aadhaar number is not required for availing LPG cylinders at non-subsidized
rate.
PHASE I DBTL DISTRICTS
S. No.
|
State
Name
|
District
Name
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Anantapur
|
|
Chittoor
|
||
East Godavari
|
||
Hyderabad
|
||
Rangareddy
|
||
Daman & Diu
|
Diu
|
|
Goa
|
North Goa
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
Bilaspur
|
|
Hamirpur
|
||
Mandi
|
||
Una
|
||
Karnataka
|
Mysore
|
|
Tumkur
|
||
Kerala
|
Pathanamthitta
|
|
Wayanad
|
||
Maharashtra
|
Wardha
|
|
Puducherry
|
Puducherry
|
|
Punjab
|
Nawanshahar
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
East Nimar (Khandwa)
|
|
Harda
|
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