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On 1 June 2013, the minister of petroleum and natural gas, M Veerappa Moily formally launched the direct benefit transfer scheme for LPG (DBTL) in 20 high Aadhaar coverage districts. The subsidy on LPG cylinders would be credited directly to consumers' Aadhaar-linked bank accounts.
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]
On 5 July 2015, finding the experience with the DBT scheme in LPG "very encouraging", with a reported savings of ₹ 127 billion (US$1.5 billion) to the public exchequer this year, Jaitley said, "If we can realize the government's JAM—Jan Dhan, Aadhaar, Mobile—vision we can ensure that money goes directly and more quickly into the pockets ...
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.
Another data leak was found in the following months wherein a state-owned utility company Indane's (LPG) unprotected system allowed anyone to access private information on all Aadhaar holders. The company had unlimited access to the Aadhar database to verify user accounts and an unprotected API endpoint through the company's system allowed ...
It is the world's second largest government-owned subsidiary responsible for manufacturing LPG. [5] The brand was conceived in 1964 to bring modern cooking to Indian kitchens. 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 ...
Udyog Aadhaar is a twelve digit Unique Identification Number provided by the Indian Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises beginning in September 2015. [2] [3] It is also known as Aadhaar for business. [4]