Aadhaar mandatory to avail LPG subsidy in DBTL districts

Ludhiana, September 2, 2013: Deputy Commissioner, Rahul Tiwari disclosed that 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. 

He said that 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.  He said that 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. 

Tiwari further said that 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  20 districts and 2.4 million consumers are already receiving the subsidy directly in their bank accounts.  He said that the DBTL scheme is now slated to be launched in another 34 districts of the country including Ludhiana on 1-9-2013 covering 14.7 million LPG consumers.

He said that 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.  He said that it may be noted that Aadhaar number is mandatory for availing LPG subsidy in DBTL districts after the initial grace period of three months.  He said that however, Aadhaar number is not required for availing LPG cylinders at non-subsidised rate.