Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas of Repub : 23.24 Crore Consumers joined Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG subsidies

Under PAHAL scheme, the authorized subsidy to LPG consumers is transferred directly into the bank account of the consumers. The subsidy is transferred either through Aadhaar Transfer Compliant (ATC) or Bank Transfer Compliant (BTC) mode on the basis of seeding of Aadhaar number in bank account. As on 28.12.2018, out of 25.17 crore LPG consumers, 23.24 crore consumers have joined the PAHAL Scheme and are getting subsidy in their registered bank accounts. State/UT-wise details of Cash Transfer Complaint Consumers as on 28.12.2018 are given below.

Some complaints have been received regarding non-transfer of subsidy which was mainly due to deseeding of Aadhaar from National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) mapper. The matter was taken up with NPCI. Further, the customer has also been given the option of receiving subsidy through Bank Account Transfer Compliant Mode.

Details of average subsidy per cylinder on domestic LPG in Delhi during the year 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 (up to 1^st half) are as under -

Particulars		2016-17		2017-18	2018-19 (up to 1st half)
Average Subsidy (₹ per cylinder)		₹ 108.78		₹ 173.41	₹ 219.12
	State/UT-wise details of Cash Transfer Complaint Consumers as on 28.12.2018
	State/UT		Cash Transfer Compliant Consumers
	Andaman and Nicobar Islands		77,818
	Andhra Pradesh		124,39,235
	Arunachal Pradesh		1,83,557
	Assam		57,39,498
	Bihar		147,75,060
	Chandigarh		2,48,799
	Chhattisgarh		45,32,328
	Dadra and Nagar Haveli		79,093
	Daman and Diu		56,932
	Delhi		40,48,059
	Goa		4,09,782
	Gujarat		83,56,307
	Haryana		59,10,345
	Himachal Pradesh		14,72,395
	Jammu and Kashmir		25,76,521
	Jharkhand		45,77,010
	Karnataka		129,64,691
	Kerala		78,59,184
	Lakshadweep		6,640
	Madhya Pradesh		121,83,980
	Maharashtra		230,90,785
	Manipur		4,51,155
	Meghalaya		2,79,275
	Mizoram		2,20,364
	Nagaland		1,63,764
	Odisha		68,69,852
	Puducherry		3,47,111
	Punjab		75,79,378
	Rajasthan		130,34,267
	Sikkim		1,20,683
	Tamil Nadu		188,42,855
	Telangana		93,45,037
	Tripura		6,38,035
	Uttar Pradesh		320,65,318
	Uttarakhand		21,53,074
	West Bengal		186,59,884

This information was given by Minister ofPetroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha today.

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