Lok Sabha Question No. 3138 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-31
Subject: DBTL
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3138 TO BE ANSWERED ON  31 st   DECEMBER, 2018

## DBTL

3138.  SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

## पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  relaunched  the  Direct  Benefit  Transfer  of  LPG Scheme (DBTL)/PAHAL for LPG consumers to get/provide LPG subsidy directly into their bank accounts along with the mechanism/guidelines prescribed for the purpose and if so, the details thereof along with number of districts covered so far and the extent  to  which  the  scheme  has  been  successful  in  achieving  its  aims  and objectives, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  whether linkage of  Aadhaar Card with consumers bank accounts 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  along with the number of LPG consumers who have linked Aadhaar number to their bank accounts so far, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the action being taken by the Government to maintain the approved weight of the LPG cylinders  in  view  of  the  large  scale  irregularities  found  in  the  weight  of  LPG cylinders in the country; and
- (d)  company/year/State/UT-wise  number  of  cases  of  under  weight  LPG  cylinders reported in the country including Maharashtra during the three years and the current year along with the remedial steps taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

MINISTER OF PETROLEUM  AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI  DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a)  Direct  Benefit  Transfer  of  LPG  Scheme  (DBTL)/PAHAL    was  launched  in  54 districts of the country on 15.11.2014 and was subsequently extended to rest of the country on 01 st January, 2015. Currently, the Scheme is under implementation in 715 districts.  State/UT-wise  details  are  at  Annexure.    Under  the  Scheme,  the  LPG cylinders  are  being  sold  at  non-subsidised  price  and  subsidy,  as  admissible,  is transferred to consumers directly into his/her bank account subject to applicable cap on  subsidized  refills.    With  the  implementation  of  PAHAL,  with  the  help  of  deduplication process first at Oil marketing Companies (OMCs) level and subsequently

at NIC level, existence of multiple connections in the name of same consumer is not likely  to  arise.  This,  in  turn,  helps  in  enforcing  the  quota  of  domestic  subsidised cylinders to consumers in an effective manner.

- (b) Under  PAHAL  scheme,  the  authorized  subsidy to  LPG  consumers  is transferred  directly  into  the  bank  account  of  the  consumers.  The  subsidy  is transferred  either  through  Aadhaar  Transfer  Compliant  (ATC)  or  Bank  Transfer Compliant (BTC) mode on the basis of seeding of Aadhaar number in bank account. As on 26.12.2018, out of 23.22 crore LPG consumers, who have joined the Scheme, 19.57 crore are getting subsidy  through ATC mode.
- (c) & (d) Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have introduced Tamper Evident Seals on  pan  India  basis  from  01.04.2016  to  prevent  pilferage/supply  of  underweight cylinders.  Further, the Government has already instructed OMCs to direct their LPG distributors  to  check  the  weight  of  LPG  cylinders  at  their  godowns.  OMCs  have issued instructions to the distributors to provide portable weighing scales to all their delivery  boys  so  that  weight  of  the  cylinder  can  be  checked  before  delivery  to  the customers. In case any underweight cylinder is detected during delivery, the same is replaced by the distributor.  Details  of  established  cases  of  supply  of  under-weight cylinders/pilfering  from  cylinders  in  the  country  including  the  State  of  Maharashtra during the last three years and the current year(April-Sept. 2018) are as under -

| Year                           |   Established cases of under-weight cylinders/ pilfering from cylinders |
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2015-16                        |                                                                      27 |
| 2016-17                        |                                                                      15 |
| 2017-18                        |                                                                      39 |
| 2018-19 (Upto September, 2018) |                                                                      13 |

| Annexure referred to in part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3138 to be answered on 31.12.2018 by Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav regarding ' DBTL'   |   No. of Districts |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                                                                                                                   |                  2 |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                                                |                 13 |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                             |                 17 |
| Assam                                                                                                                                                         |                 34 |
| Bihar                                                                                                                                                         |                 38 |
| Chandigarh                                                                                                                                                    |                  1 |
| Chhattisgarh                                                                                                                                                  |                 27 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                                                                                                        |                  1 |
| Daman and Diu                                                                                                                                                 |                  2 |
| Delhi                                                                                                                                                         |                 11 |
| Goa                                                                                                                                                           |                  2 |
| Gujarat                                                                                                                                                       |                 33 |
| Haryana                                                                                                                                                       |                 22 |
| Himachal Pradesh                                                                                                                                              |                 12 |
| Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                                                                             |                 22 |
| Jharkhand                                                                                                                                                     |                 24 |
| Karnataka                                                                                                                                                     |                 30 |
| Kerala                                                                                                                                                        |                 14 |
| Lakshadweep                                                                                                                                                   |                  1 |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                                                                                                                |                 52 |
| Maharashtra                                                                                                                                                   |                 36 |

| Manipur       |   16 |
|---------------|------|
| Meghalaya     |   10 |
| Mizoram       |    8 |
| Nagaland      |   11 |
| Odisha        |   30 |
| Puducherry    |    4 |
| Punjab        |   22 |
| Rajasthan     |   33 |
| Sikkim        |    4 |
| Tamil Nadu    |   32 |
| Telangana     |   31 |
| Tripura       |    8 |
| Uttar Pradesh |   75 |
| Uttarakhand   |   13 |
| West Bengal   |   24 |
| Grand Total   |  715 |