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By 1 January 2014, half of India (289 districts across various states) had been covered by DBT for subsidized LPG. By August 2013, 6.3 million duplicate LPG connections were detected by Aadhaar and were cancelled. The national government saved $1 billion on reduced imports by mid-2013. [24]
The unique ID also qualifies as a valid ID while availing various government services such as a LPG connection, a subsidised ration, kerosene from the PDS, or benefits under NSAP or pension schemes, e-sign, a digital locker, [44] a Universal Account Number (UAN) under EPFO, [45] and some other services such as a SIM card or opening a bank account.
Launched to provide free LPG connections to women from below poverty line families. [48] While the scheme mainly addresses distribution of cylinders, their usage has been in question. [49] [50] UDAN: CS MoCA: 2016 Aviation Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) - UDAN promotes affordable air travel by connecting unserved and underserved airports.
The Cabinet approved a subsidy of Rs.200 per 14.2 kg LPG cylinder for up to 12 refills per year.The total expenditurewill be Rs.6,100 crore for financial year 2022-23 and Rs.7,680 crore for 2023–24. Average LPG consumption of PMUY consumers has increased by 20 percent from 3.01 refills in 2019–20 to 3.68 in 2021–22.
The Indian minister of agriculture Sharad Pawar meets representatives of the All India Fair Price Shop Dealer's Federation in 2004.. The Public Distribution System (PDS) is a food security system that was established by the Government of India under the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution to distribute food and non-food items to India's poor at subsidised rates.
The first Indane LPG connection was released on 22 October 1965 at Kolkata. Indane serves more than 130 million families through a network of 12,500 distributors. 27% of its customers reside in semi-urban or rural markets and every second LPG cooking gas connection in India is that of Indane. The sales network is backed by 47 Indane area offices.
Due to its low carbon and low sulphur content, LPG produces fewer airborne particulates than an equivalent weight of e.g., charcoal. [6] LPG is a versatile fuel and its use results in lower carbon dioxide emissions. The combustion of LPG produces 81% of the carbon dioxide (per kWh) produced by burning oil and only 70% that of coal. [7]
Direct Benefit Transfer [a] or DBT is an attempt to change the mechanism of transferring subsidies launched by Government of India on 1 January 2013. This scheme or program aims to establish a Giro system to transfer subsidies directly to the people through their linked bank accounts.