The modified direct benefit transfer of lPG (DBTl) scheme will be re-launched in the State from January 1 next year. Under the scheme, lPG consumers will get cash subsidy in their bank accounts and they can buy a cooking gas cylinder at the market price.
Cash equivalent to the difference between the current subsidised rate and the market price is transferred to the bank account of a consumer the moment he or she makes the first booking for a cylinder after joining the scheme.
After the consumer takes delivery of the cylinder, another advance cash subsidy is transferred to the bank account. “Consumers who had joined the scheme earlier and had received cash subsidy in their bank accounts do not need to do anything further. To confirm this, they should check their CTC (cash transfer compliant) status on www.MylPG.In,” DBTl State level Coordinator-cum-IndianOil State unit General Manager KK Sharma told the mediapersons here on Wednesday.
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 number, they may have to shift to Aadhaar-based cash transfer,” said Sharma.
Sharma added that consumers who are not CTC would get a three-month grace period during which they would receive the cylinders at subsidised rate. After the grace period, they would get an additional period of three month as parking period. During the parking period, they would 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 would be transferred to his bank account.
As per modification, the subsidy per domestic subsidised cylinder would be fixed. The lPG consumers who would now join the modified scheme in future would get a permanent advance towards the purchase of the first market priced cylinder equal to the fixed subsidy per cylinder.
All lPG consumers who have already joined the scheme solely based on Aadhaar number would start getting subsidy in their Aadhaar-linked bank accounts after the scheme is launched.
IndianOil State unit Chief Area Manager KK Mishra said there are 28 lakh lPG consumers in the State and massive awareness programmes would be undertaken across the State to sensitise and inform people on the issue.
Earlier, the DBTl scheme was launched in seven districts, Baleswar, Bhadrak, Sundargarh, Khordha, Cuttack, Balangir and Puri.