* Four of top five districts with maximum seeding of LPG, bank, and Aadhaar numbers are from Vidarbha
Staff Reporter
In
what could be a respite for those who are yet to link their LPG
consumer number with bank account and Aadhaar number for obtaining
subsidy under Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) scheme, the
deadline has been extended by a month. So far, in State, only 39.44 per
cent of LPG consumer numbers have been linked with Aadhaar numbers.
For Vidarbha, however, there is a good news. Four of the top five
districts with maximum seeding of LPG, bank, and Aadhaar numbers are
from Vidarbha region alone. Overall, seeding percentage of LPG consumer
numbers with Aadhaar numbers is 54.80 for Vidarbha, which is way ahead
of state average. The top five districts include Wardha (with 87.02 per
cent seeding of LPG-Aadhaar numbers), Gondia (69.61 per cent), Amravati
(62.80 per cent), Nandurbar (58.78 per cent), and Nagpur (57.09 per
cent).
Of 11 districts in Vidarbha region, Wardha was in the first phase of
implementation of DBTL scheme. Amravati was in second phase; Gondia and
Nagpur in third; Akola, Bhandara, and Chandrapur in fourth; Buldhana in
fifth phase; Gadchiroli, Washim, and Yavatmal in sixth phase. The
deadline for linking of LPG consumer number, bank account number, and
Aadhaar number for Nagpur district was Decemebr 31, 2013. From January
1, 2014, the LPG consumers who did not link respective Aadhaar numbers
with LPG consumer numbers and bank account numbers, were to get LPG
cylinders at market rate -- that is, without subsidy. Under the DBTL
scheme, subsidy on LPG cylinders is being transferred to bank account of
a consumer directly.
However, 100 per cent seeding of all the three vital numbers has not
been done in any of the districts in Maharashtra. For the districts in
fourth, fifth, and sixth phases of DBTL scheme implementation, the
deadline was January, february, and March 2014. Their deadline remains
the same. But, in case of districts in first three phases, the deadline
has been extended by a month. In case of Nagpur district, the deadline
has been extended till January 31.
“The deadline has been extended and LPG consumers, who are yet to link
their LPG and bank numbers with Aadhaar number, should take advantage of
this. They should link these numbers if they wish to avail of
subsidised cylinders up to the cap of nine cylinders in a year,” said
Prashant Kale, District Supply Officer. Asked as to why was there only
57.09 per cent seeding of LPG-Aadhaar numbers in Nagpur district, Kale
said that documentation and title issues at the level of consumers had
delayed the process. Still, he said, the administration has been issuing
advertisements in all media to make the consumers aware of the linking
process.
LPG and bank Aadhaar seeding till Dec 31, 2013
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
District LPG consumers LPG-Aadhaar Bank-Aadhaar
seeding seeding
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nagpur 10,41,076 5,94,344 4,30,391
Wardha 2,14,646 1,86,777 1,69,215
Chandrapur 2,92,458 1,59,364 99,127
Gondia 96,704 67,315 53,504
Bhandara 1,39,051 73,242 48,334
Gadchiroli 75,762 34,921 15,452
Amravati 3,89,354 2,44,506 1,66,449
Akola 2,62,673 1,13,013 73,319
Yavatmal 2,50,295 84,542 38,842
Buldhana 2,25,311 89,047 61,614
Washim 1,00,473 44,965 22,699
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total 30,87,803 16,92,036 11,78,946
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Published in The Hitavada CityLine on January 2, 2014)
Comments
Post a Comment