Union Government raised the quota of
subsidised LPG cylinders to 12 cylinders per household in a year on 30 January
2014.The hike will be effective from April 2014. Union government had also decided
to put on hold linking the Aadhaar platform to the Direct Benefit Transfer of
LPG (DBTL) scheme.
However,
households will be entitled to get one cylinder extra, beyond the quota of nine
cylinders, in February 2014 and March 2014. One cylinder will be given to a
consumer every month. The hiked subsidised LPG quota will cost 5000 crore
rupees more in subsidy to the exchequer annually. 99 crore people will be
benefitted from the hike.
Under the DBTL scheme, consumers in as many
as 289 districts in 18 states were getting the subsidy amount directly credited
to their bank accounts.
