Lok Sabha Question No. 272 (STARRED), answered on 2016-12-05
Subject: Linkage of Aadhaar Card with DBT
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: OM PRAKASH YADAV, PARASURAMAN K.

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 272 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH  DECEMBER 2016

## LINKAGE OF AADHAAR CARD WITH DBT

## †*272. SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV:

SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

## पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state :

- (a) whether linkage of Aadhaar Card is mandatory under the Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL) scheme for all the LPG consumers to avail LPG subsidy and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether any separate provision has been made to provide cooking gas subsidy without  Aadhaar  Card  to  rural  folks  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the number of consumers provided with cooking gas subsidy without Aadhaar Card so far;
- (c)  whether a large number of LPG consumers including BPL households, who do not have Aadhaar Card are likely to be deprived of the benefits of DBTL scheme due to its mandatory linkage with Aadhaar Card and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  the  corrective  steps  taken  by  the  Government/Oil  Marketing  Companies  in  this regard; and
- (e)  the  number  of  LPG  consumers  likely  to  be  covered  after  making  compulsory Aadhaar linkage to avail LPG subsidy?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( स्विंत्र प्रभार ) ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  272,  BY  SHRI  OM  PRAKASH  YADAV  AND SHRI  K.  PARASURAMAN  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  5 TH   DECEMBER  2016 REGARDING               'LINKAGE OF AADHAAR CARD WITH DBT'

(a)  to (c) Since LPG subsidy is an expenditure incurred from consolidated fund of India, Government has in exercise of its powers under Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act, notified the following :-

(i) Individual desirous of availing LPG subsidies are required to furnish proof of possession of Aadhar or undergo Aadhaar authentication.

(ii) An individual desirous of availing LPG subsidies who is not yet enrolled for Aadhaar is required to make application for Aadhaar enrolment by 30 th November 2016 in case he is entitled to obtain Aadhaar as per section 3 of Aadhar Act. Such individuals may visit any Aadhaar enrolement centre (list available at WWW.UIDAI.GOV.IN) to get enrolled for Aadhaar. As per the Regulation 12 of the Aadhar  (Enrolment  and  update)  Regulations,  2016,  OMCs  are  required  to  offer enrolment  facilities  for  the  beneficiaries  who  are  not  yet  enrolled  for  Aadhaar. Therefore, in case, there are no Aadhaar  enrolment  Centres  located  within Block/Tehsil/Taluka, OMCs may provide enrolment facilities at convenient locations in  coordination  with  the  existing  Registrars  of  UIDAI  or  may  provide  Aadhaar enrolment facilities by becoming UIDAI Registrar.

All  LPG consumers have been given sufficient time and for seeding of their Aadhaar Number, and no consumers including BPL households, have been deprived of the benefits of DBTL scheme due to  linkage with Aadhaar Number.

(d) SMSs have been sent to all such LPG customers who have not seeded their Aadhaar number. Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) are dispatching letters also to all such customers informing the details of  nearest Aadhaar enrolment centre etc to facilitate customers in obtaining Aadhaar number/enrolment ID.

(e) As on 29.11.2016, there are 17.00 crore LPG consumers are Cash Transfer Compliant (CTC) and are getting subsidy directly into their bank account.

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