Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said his Ministry has asked the Odisha Government to complete the registration of direct benefit transfer of lPG (DBTl) in the State by March 2015.
The Minister told mediapersons that there has been a 12-per cent DBTl entry in Odisha till date.“My Ministry has asked the State Government to stick to the target of at least two per cent DBTl entry per day. The consumers will not be entitled to gas subsidy if they fail to link their bank account with the concerned gas agencies by March next year,” he added.
Pradhan, who had conducted a review meeting here in the morning, reiterated the importance of completing the exercise quickly by making all lPG customers on Cash Transfer Compliant so that subsidy could be transferred to their bank accounts.
He stressed upon increased cooperation between all the stakeholders and implementing the scheme on a mission mode. He appreciated the critical role being played by the Collectors in making the scheme a success and urged the banks to extend support.He stressed upon the fact that officers of the OMCs to use the platform of regional print media to popularise the scheme.
The Minister emphasised on the necessity to scale up the efforts being made by the oil marketing companies and advised that all out efforts should be made to achieve high percentage so far as Cash Transfer Compliance is concerned in a time-bound manner. He advised that OMC must nominate a permanent officer for each district and contact details be sharedwith the State Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department, and the district authorities, lDMs and UIDAI.