The
Central government’s ambitious Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Scheme
is introduced. So, be ready with the entire unsubsidised amount in
hand when the gas cylinder arrives at your doorstep. The subsidy
amount will reach your bank account later - only for 9 cylinders per
year, for one connection.
This
scheme is also an answer to the question - “Why do you need an
Aadhaar card?” If you wish to receive the subsidised LPG, you need
to become a Cash
Transfer Compliant Customer (CTC)
by
linking your Aadhaar number to your bank account and LPG Consumer
Number.
The
customers who are unable or unwilling to register themselves for the
scheme will become ineligible for receiving subsidised cooking gas,
after a grace period of three months.
Subsidy
for gas will not be given henceforth on direct cash payment. You will
have to shell out the market price, while the subsidy will be
credited to you via bank.
How
to become eligible for subsidy?
First
and foremost, you need to have the LPG connection in your name. If it
is in the name of any other family member, then they have to follow
the below steps - not you.
You,
or the one who has LPG connection, should also have an Aadhaar card
and a bank account in your/his/her own name. If not, then hurry up
now and get it as soon as possible. If you already have an Aadhaar
card and a bank account, then follow this procedure:
Step
1: Get the application forms
You
need to acquire and fill the bank linking form called as Form 1. It
is available on the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas website.
You
can also take the forms from your LPG distributor. The full-page
newspaper advertisements issued by UIDAI too have the form, which you
can cut and use.
Step
2: Link your bank account to Aadhaar card
The
consumer under whose name the LPG is registered needs to fill the
form. Give the exact 12-digit Aadhaar number in the form. You have to
attach a copy of Aadhaar letter/ card when submitting the form to the
bank.
The
form can be deposited personally at home branch of your bank i.e.
where your account is registered. Alternatively, you can also link
your Aadhaar Number with your bank account through your distributor.
Fill the form “Bank Account – Aadhaar Linkage Form (For LPG
Consumer only)” and drop it in “Bank Form Drop Box” kept with
your distributor. The forms are also available with your distributor.
If
you submit the form personally at bank, an acknowledgment slip will
be handed over to you, and you are sure your application is in the
safe hands.
Step
3: Get your LPG linked to Aadhaar card
The
final step is to link your Aadhaar number with your LPG consumer
number. For this, you need to be ready with two things.
- Name of the distributor & Your LPG Consumer Number.
You
can find consumer number on your first page of DGCC booklet or on the
recent cash memo handed over to you by the delivery boy.
You
need to get form 2. Click here to get form 2 http://petroleum.nic.in/dbtl/lpgad.pdf which
is available on the same Petroleum and Natural Gas website. Fill it
with capital letters using blue or black ink. It needs to be
accompanied with two attachments: Copy of the first page of DGCC
booklet and recent cash memo.
In
case your address mentioned in your Aadhaar letter differs from the
address already registered with LPG distributor, you need to attach a
photocopy of your address proof.
Address
proof can be any of the following:
Aadhaar
(UID) letter
Lease
agreement
Telephone
bill
Electricity
bill utility bill
Self
declaration attested by Gazette Officer
Flat
allotment or Possession letter
LIC
policy
Driving
license
Voter
ID
Passport
Ration
card
House
registration document.
Please
note that before you submit the form, you need to take a combined
photocopy of Aadhaar letter and the filled up Form 2.
You
are required to place the original Aadhaar letter on the left hand
side, while your Form 2 will be on the right side adjacent to it.
The
final combined photocopy must have your photo of the Aadhaar letter
running on the left side corner with the bar code details.
You
have six options for linking your LPG with Aadhaar card.
Personally
hand over the application to distributor.
You can also drop the application in the prescribed boxes, in the
petrol bunks belonging to the same company as your LPG provider -
ie, HP, Indane or Bharath - whichever is yours.
Post
the application: If
you don’t wish to go to the distributor's office or to the nearest
petrol pump of the same oil company.
Call
Centre: Call
on 1800-2333-555 and follow the instructions to register your
Aadhaar number.
Online:
Browse
to www.rasf.uidai.gov.in and
register yourself by clicking on ‘Start Now’ box, located attach right side of the page. (However, for reasons unknown, this
website was found to be very slow at the time of verifying.)
IVRS: You
can directly call your respective company and follow the
instructions of registration.
SMS: Registration
is just a text away. For this, first, you need to register your
number with the Oil Company/ Gas agency. Please note that Bharat Gas
customers should register the mobile number before hand. Once their
number is registered manually with the authorities they can register
their Aadhaar number via text.
Once
the mobile number is registered to LPG consumer number, customers of
all the three Oil Companies can link the Aadhaar number via text. You
need to type: UID <space> Aadhaar Number (eg. UID
32323232323232). The above text should be sent to the respective
companies:
You
will immediately receive a confirmation saying your Aadhaar number is
registered. For methods other than SMS, a confirmation will be sent
to you in seven days. However you can anytime check your linkage
status on the concerned Oil company websites
Finally,
check with your bank and ensure your bank account is Aadhaar-enabled.
What
happens when the scheme starts?
As
soon as you book your first LPG cylinder, you will receive an amount
equivalent to the subsidy in your bank account. This will be the
advance subsidy that you use for buying the cylinder with
non-subsidised price.
As
soon as you get the first delivery of the cylinder, an amount
equivalent to the subsidy will again be deposited to your account.
This will be your subsidy for the next cylinder you book.
This
will continue for nine cylinders in a year. After nine cylinders,
you will be eligible for the subsidy only in the next year.
If
you don’t want to link your bank account with Aadhaar card, you
will not be eligible for any subsidy.
If
you are using gas connection in somebody else’s name, that person
needs to link his/her account number to his/her Aadhaar card. The
subsidy will come to that account only.
If
the person on whose name the connection exists is not alive/
relocated or not available for all these processes, the subsidy will
not be provided to anyone.
Best
part of the scheme is, in cases when somebody else books LPG using
your consumer number in your absence, or without your knowledge, you
might lose one cylinder from your quota. But your account will
receive subsidy, and you are not obliged to pay it back to anyone!
So far, those who booked gas like this and sold it in black market
got away without being caught, even when they used the subsidy meant
for you. This measure effectively curbs black marketing of LPG.
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