The reporting of number of accounts being opened under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna’ (PMJDY) should be done correctly, directed Collector Himshikhar Gupta while chairing a meeting of Bankers and Gas Agency owners here. The meeting was convened for ensuring better implementation of Direct Benefits Transfer for lPG (DBTl) scheme, officials said here on Wednesday.
The Collector directed to link bank accounts and Aadhaar numbers of all lPG consumer accounts as soon as possible, so that they may be able to get benefits of subsidy.He instructed bankers to correctly report the accounts being opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana. The District Food Officer told the collector that in all, 8 blocks of the district, data entry work was being performed. He further said that currently there are 29,143 lPG consumers in district out of which accounts of 4,470 consumers have been linked with their bank account under the DBTl scheme.
Accounts of 17,968 consumers have been linked with their accounts through Aadhaar numbers. In this way, accounts of 76.99 per cent lPG consumers have been link with their lPG connections, the food officer said. Taking note of slow pace in making of Aadhaar card, the Collector asked officials to speed up the process.