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More than 64 per cent of 15.3 crore LPG consumers in the country have joined the ambitious PAHAL scheme to receive cash subsidy in their bank accounts so they can buy the cooking gas at market price. "Over 9.35 crore LPG consumers have joined the ...

Press Trust of India | Jaipur January 30, 2015 Last Updated at 16:00 IST Rajasthan government's Bhamashah Scheme launched last August to transfer cash and non-cash benefits to all eligible beneficiaries will ensure full transparency in transfer of benefits, ...

An earlier version of the scheme had to be stopped after SC observed Aadhaar numbers could not be made mandatory for availing of benefits Sudheer Pal Singh | New Delhi December 12, 2014 Last Updated at 00:38 IST Related News Aadhaar-based cash transfers: ...

From January 1, 2015, the Modified Direct Benefit Transfer of the LPG scheme will begin in Pune, but the number of cash transfer compliant customers (those ready to receive the subsidy directly in their bank accounts) in the district is a dismal 9.25 lakh or ...

Domestic cooking gas customers can join the direct benefit transfer scheme till March 2015 though the system would kick start Jan 1, a senior official of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) said here Wednesday. The direct benefit transfer scheme would help the ...

The government launched a modified cash transfer scheme for 23.3 million households in 54 districts of 11 states on November 15 to curb diversion of subsidised cooking gas. Bank accounts linked to Aadhaar, a biometric identification system, received over Rs 10 crore (Rs 100 million) in 700,000 transactions in the first four days. State-owned banks are seeking a fee for crediting the cooking gas subsidy in the accounts of beneficiaries as the government gears up for a nationwide launch of cash ...

The direct transfer scheme might force farmers to sell their produce at a lower price, the PMK leader says.

In Kerala, Wayanad district has 94 per cent of its LPG customers who have linked their Aadhaar cards to oil companies and banks

The petroleum ministry is making hectic preparations for the relaunch of a modified direct benefit transfer scheme for LPG. The Prime Minister’s Office has, meanwhile, directed the Unique Identification Authority of India and the National Population ...