PAHAL DBTL Scheme Launched, PAHAL is a new direction. New year-New Initiative, contribute in nation-building. The Direct Benefit transfer of LPG (DBTL) scheme PAHAL (Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh) has been re-launched in 54 districts on 15.11.2014 in the 1st Phase and it was launched in the rest of the 622 districts of the country on 1.1.2015 which includes 7 districts in the state of Telangana.
Consumers who wish to join the scheme will have to either link their Aadhaar number into their bank account and their LPG consumer or if they do not possess Aadhaar number, they will have to link their bank account directly with their 17 digit LPG Id. Once a Consumer joins the scheme, he will get the cylinders at market price and will receive LPG subsidy directly in his bank account.
A sum of Rs.568 will be paid in advance to the consumer, in the bank account, who now joins the scheme, as soon as he makes the first booking for a cylinder after joining the scheme to ensure that he has extra money required to pay for the first LPG cylinder at market price. This is in addition to subsidy due on each cylinder.
Camps are being set up at various banks, and LPG distributor’s premises to enable LPG consumers to open bank account and enroll for Aadhaar if they need to do so to join the scheme.
To keep consumers informed about their status in the scheme, consumers will receive SMS at every stage in the scheme. To avail of this feature all LPG consumers are requested to register their mobile number with their distributor if they have not done so. They are also advised to receive cylinders only with cash memos to be assured of their subsidy transfer.
The scheme will cover over 15.3 crore consumers across 676 districts of the country. Currently over 6.5 crore consumers i.e. 43% have already joined the scheme and will receive subsidy in their bank account. The State of Telangana has 70.09 lakh LPG consumers, of which 45.94 lakhs consumers have already become Cash Transfer Compliant (CTC).
DBTL(Direct Benefit transfer of LPG) PAHAL is designed to ensure that the benefit meant for the genuine domestic customer reaches them directly and is not diverted. By this process public money will be saved. All LPG customers are requested to immediately join the scheme as above (Detailed Scheme is in Annexure).
All LPG consumers who are yet to join the scheme must do so quickly. Those who do not have bank accounts must first open bank accounts and then submit the required details to their LPG distributor/Bank for becoming cash transfer compliant. So far Rs.624 Crore has been transferred to over 20 Lakh LPG consumers since the launch of the scheme on 15th November 2014.
LPG consumers who do not wish to avail the LPG subsidy for LPG cylinders can simply choose to opt out of subsidy. Over 12000 citizens have already voluntarily given up subsidy freeing up crores of subsidy amount for their less privileged brethren.
Salient Features/Timelines of the modified DBTL scheme:
PAHAL DBTL Scheme Launched
A. What if LPG consumer had joined the scheme earlier?
LPG consumers who had joined the scheme earlier by linking his Aadhaar number in LPG and Bank database will get the cylinder at Market price w.e.f 01.01.2015 and the subsidy will be transferred into their bank account. They do not have to do anything further. They can check CTC (cash transfer compliance) status on www.mylpg.in.
B. How to Join the modified Scheme?
My LPG Portal was started for PAHAL Scheme. So, How to Join in PAHAL Scheme on MyLPG Portal? For joining the scheme, the consumers have to fill up a form available with distributors and also on www.mylpg.in. The options are as under:
- LPG consumers can join the scheme by providing their Aadhaar number to LPG distributor and to Bank.
- LPG consumers who do not have Aadhaar number can
a. Give Bank details to LPG distributor OR
b. Give 17 digit LPG ID to the Bank (select banks only).
C. What happens if the LPG Consumer joins the scheme or if he doesn’t join it?
Once the scheme is launched in Telangana on 01.01.2015, LPG consumers who join the scheme will get a one time permanent advance of Rs.568/- as soon as they book a cylinder after joining the scheme.
All consumers who have joined the scheme will get LPG cylinders at market price and subsidy amount in their bank account after launch of the scheme in their district/state. Between 1st January 2015 and 31st March 2015 (three months), any LPG consumer who does not join the scheme will get the cylinder at subsidized price as they are getting it today.
Between 1st April 2015 and 30th June 2015 (three months), those LPG consumers who still do not join the scheme will start getting the cylinder at market price and subsidy will be parked with the OMCs. As soon as they join the scheme within this 3 month period, the parked subsidy would be sent to their bank account, else it will lapse.
From 1st July 2015, consumers who have still not joined the scheme will get the cylinder at market price, but subsidy will not be admissible. Subsidy will be transferred only to the bank account of those consumers who have joined the scheme prior to 30th June 2015. Any consumer joining the scheme after 30th June 2015 will get permanent advance and subsidy with prospective effect.
D. What happens to the LPG Consumers of the 54 districts where the scheme is ongoing?
All consumers who have joined the scheme from 15th November 2014 are getting LPG cylinders at market price and cash in their bank accounts. They have also got the one time permanent advance of Rs.568/- on booking a cylinder after joining the scheme.
Between 15th November 2014 and 14th February 2015 (three months), LPG consumers in these 54 districts who do not join the scheme will continue to get the cylinder at subsidized price as they are getting it today.
Between 15th February 2015 and 14th May 2015 (three months), those LPG consumers who still do not join the scheme will start getting the cylinder at market price and cash admissible will be parked with the OMCs. If they join the scheme within this 3 month period, the parked cash would be sent to their bank account, else it will lapse.
From 15th May 2015, consumers who have still not joined the scheme will get the cylinder at market price, however, cash subsidy will not be admissible. Direct Benefit transfer of LPG in Telangana launched. Source: TheHansIndia.
All consumers are advised to register your LPG connection in PAHAL(DBTL) and get your subsidy amount directly in your bank account. We have already known that this scheme has been launched across India from 1st January 2015.
So, To Join PAHAL(Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh), choose one:
PAHAL DBTL Scheme Launched
- If you have an Aadhar Card, then you need to submit your Aadhar number to your bank and LPG distributor.
- If you don’t have an Aadhar card, then you can submit your bank account details to your LPG distributor OR submit your 17 -digit LPG ID Number to your bank. You can check your 17-digit LPG ID Number, list of banks and entres by contacting your LPG Distributor, by logging on to MyLPG.in or by calling the toll free number 1800-2333-555.
- If you do not have bank account and /or an Aadhar card, then you can go to the nearest centre to open a bank account and / or apply Aadhar card and then register for the scheme.
- If you have already received the LPG Subsidy in your bank, you need not do anything.
- If you don’t register in the same, then you will get subsidised LPG cylinder for a period of 3 months from the date of the launch of the scheme.
- After this 3 month period, LPG cylinders will be charged as per market rates for the next 3 months. You will get the subsidy admissible only if you register for the PAHAL scheme within these 3 months.
- For detailed information about PAHAL and to check your registration status in the scheme, visit www.MyLPG.in and choose your gas company that is Inadane/ Bharat Gas/ HP Gas.
- So Get your money and Save Public Money.