The Direct Benefit Transfer of lPG (DBTl) scheme will be launched in Uttarakhand on Thursday. Uttarakhand has 20.5 lakh lPG consumers of which 30 percent have already become Cash Transfer Compliant (CTC), said Dhirendra Kumar, manager (lPG-sales), Indian Oil Corporation limited, Dehradun Area office, on Wednesday. Kumar said that the consumers who wish to join the scheme will have to either link their Aadhaar numbers with their bank accounts or if they do not possess Aadhaar number yet they will have to link their bank accounts directly with their 17 digit lPG ID.
He further said that 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 in the bank account of the consumer, who now joins the scheme, as soon as he makes the first booking for a cylinder. This is in addition to subsidy due on each cylinder.
He further said that camps are being set up at various banks and lPG distributors’ premises across the State to enable lPG consumers to open bank accounts and enroll for Aadhaar. To keep consumers informed of their status in the scheme, they will receive SMS at every stage in the scheme. To avail of this, all lPG consumers are requested to register their mobile numbers with their distributors. Customers are also advised to receive cylinders only with cash memos to be assured of their subsidy transfer. The customers who do not have bank accounts must first open them and then submit the required details to their lPG distributor/Bank for becoming cash transfer compliant, he added.