New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved the modified direct benefit transfer scheme which will alleviate the hardships of the LPG consumers faced by them in the earlier scheme.
The modified scheme will be re-launched in 54 districts from mid-November and in rest of country from January next year.
The salient features of the modified DBTL scheme are as follows:
*The subsidy per domestic subsidized cylinder shall be fixed.
*All LPG consumers who join the modified DBTL scheme in future can receive LPG cash subsidy:
-By linking Aadhaar number to the LPG and bank database as the primary option or directly into the bank account without necessarily linking it with the use of Aadhaar as the secondary option.
This will ensure that no consumer is denied LPG subsidy for want of Aadhaar number.
*All LPG consumers who had already joined the scheme solely based on Aadhaar number will start getting subsidy in their Aadhaar linked bank accounts after scheme is launched.
*LPG consumers will get a Grace Period of 3 months during which consumers who have joined the scheme will get subsidy in bank account and others will continue to get cylinders at subsidized price.'
*LPG consumers who do not join the scheme after the 3 month grace period, will be eligible for an additional subsidy Parking Period of 3 months.
*During this period, LPG cylinders to all such consumers will be supplied at market price, but the subsidy due on all LPG supplies will be credited to the bank account as soon as consumer joins the scheme in this period and as per entitlement.
*LPG consumers who will now join the modified scheme in future will get a permanent advance towards the purchase of the first market priced cylinder equal to the fixed subsidy per cylinder.
*A revamped grievance system to attend to consumer grievances will be put in place.
