Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh (PAHAL)
The Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG or PAHAL (Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh) scheme was earlier launched on June 1, 2013 and finally covered 291 districts. It required the consumer to mandatorily have an Aadhaar number for availing LPG Subsidy.
Ministry of GOI concerned :- Ministry of Petroleum
Website :- http://petroleum.nic.in/dbt/index.php
Whether implemented in UT of DNH and Daman & Diu (Yes / No)? : Yes
Name of Implementing Department / Agency : Food and Civil Supply Department (Gas Agencies)
Beneficiary:
Active LPG Consumer
Benefits:
The smoke from burning such fuels causes alarming household pollution and adversely affects the health of Women & Children causing several respiratory diseases/ disorders. The scheme is aimed at replacing the unclean cooking fuels mostly used in the rural India with the clean and more efficient LPG.
How To Apply
Under PAHAL (DBTL), the LPG consumer can receive subsidy in his bank account by two methods. Such a consumer will be called CTC (Cash Transfer Compliant) once he joins the scheme and is ready to receive subsidy in the bank account
There are two options for the consumer to become CTC in the order of preference given below :
(Primary) – Wherever Aadhaar number is available it will remain the medium of cash transfer. Thus, an LPG consumer who has an Aadhaar Number has to link it to the bank account number and to the LPG consumer number. This is the preferred option and is to be used if someone possesses an Aadhaar number.
(Secondary) – If LPG consumer does not have an Aadhaar number, then he can directly receive subsidy in his bank account without the use of Aadhaar number. In this option, either consumer can: i. Present bank account information (bank account holder name /account number /IFSC code) to the LPG distributor for capture in LPG database, OR ii. Present LPG consumer information (17 digit LPG consumer ID3) to his bank Those domestic LPG Consumer who had already joined the earlier DBTL scheme by linking their Aadhaar to bank and LPG database and had received the subsidy prior to date when the earlier scheme was kept in abeyance i.e., 10.3.14 don’t need to take fresh action for receiving subsidy as the subsidy will be transferred to their bank accounts via Aadhaar based on the previous seeding. If they have received an SMS stating that their bank account has been delinked from the OMCs then they need to link their Aadhaar number again to their bank account using Form 1 below. Such CTC consumers cannot exercise Option II above