LPG consumers to get cash subsidy into bank accounts from Jan 1

Come January, LPG consumers across India including Jammu and Kashmir will receive cash subsidy on cooking gas through their bank accounts under the Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL) scheme.
Under the central government launched DBTL scheme, every time a customer books a cylinder, the government will transfer Rs 568 (or the amount of subsidy) to their bank account so that the money would be there in the account before gas reaches their homes.
Each household is entitled to get 12 subsidized cylinders a year. So those who have already exhausted the quota will not be get any subsidy this year.
This scheme was implemented in 54 districts as a pilot project and now after positive response it will be implemented in rest of India on January 1, 2015. Post implementation of this scheme India’s LPG subsidy burden of Rs 48,000 crore is expected to come down by 15 per cent.
Talking to Greater Kashmir, Deputy Manager Sales HPCL, Zubair Banday said: “They have already started registering HPCL consumers for DBTL scheme which will entitle them to direct cash subsidy instead of subsidy on price of cooking gas sold by oil companies,” he said.
Banday said the DBTL scheme will be launched in J&K from January 1. “Under this scheme consumers who do not have Aadhaar number, can receive cash directly in their bank account without producing Aadhaar. However, as and when they get Aadhaar they need to shift to Aadhaar based cash transfer.”
“From January 1, consumers who are not registered will get a three month grace period during which they would receive the cylinders at subsidized rate. After this, they will get an additional three month as parking period during which they will have to buy cylinders at the market rate. If the consumer joins the scheme within the parking period, the subsidy as per entitlement and consumption during parking period will be transferred to the bank account,” Banday said.
Bharat Petroleum, Indian Oil and Hindustan Petroleum have urged all LPG customers to immediately join the scheme and the dealers have been asked to help customers in case of need.
Sales Manager, IOCL, Rakesh Roshan said the registration for the scheme is free of cost.  The customers have to approach their respective retail gas outlets and our officials will guide them through.
“It is a simple procedure which has put in place to stop leakage and diversion of cooking gas for commercial purposes,” Roshan said, adding that the customers who don’t have Aadhaar number, they need to give their bank account details to the Oil Marketing Company distributor or in the alternative they can give their 17 digit LPG ID to their banks if they are accepting it.
The Aadhaar linked DBTL scheme was launched on June 1, 2013. The government has comprehensively reviewed the scheme and after examining the difficulties faced by the consumer substantively modified the scheme prior to the launch.