‘Aadhar not must to buy subsidised LPG cylinders’
22 Feb 2014 12:17 AM GMT
Subsidised LPG cylinders can be purchased without having an Aadhar account, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.
A clarification on delinking Aadhar account from disbursal of subsidised LPG cylinders would be issued within a week, petroleum and natural gas minister Veerappa Moily said during question hour.
‘A clarification will be issued within a week,’ he said. As far as direct benefit transfer (DBT) is concerned, the cabinet has decided to delink Aadhar account from disbursal of subsidised LPG cylinders. Now, subsidised cylinders can be purchased without Aadhar account, Moily said.
He said there have been some problems in DBT programme, mainly related to banks, which have been given Rs 435 per cylinder (for subsidy) which is not enough since the subsidised price of one cylinder has increased to Rs 700. He also emphasised that the government has not increased the price of subsidised cylinders for consumers. Under DBT, about 4.86 crore accounts have been made and around 2.06 crore households have received subsidised cylinders.
A clarification on delinking Aadhar account from disbursal of subsidised LPG cylinders would be issued within a week, petroleum and natural gas minister Veerappa Moily said during question hour.
‘A clarification will be issued within a week,’ he said. As far as direct benefit transfer (DBT) is concerned, the cabinet has decided to delink Aadhar account from disbursal of subsidised LPG cylinders. Now, subsidised cylinders can be purchased without Aadhar account, Moily said.
He said there have been some problems in DBT programme, mainly related to banks, which have been given Rs 435 per cylinder (for subsidy) which is not enough since the subsidised price of one cylinder has increased to Rs 700. He also emphasised that the government has not increased the price of subsidised cylinders for consumers. Under DBT, about 4.86 crore accounts have been made and around 2.06 crore households have received subsidised cylinders.
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