Thursday, September 26, 2013

Aadhaar-less LPG users at sea

VISAKHAPATNAM: Several LPG customers within the Port City take presctiption tenterhooks because the Centre's Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG customers (DBTL) plan is scheduled to become released in Visakhapatnam district on October 1 quite a few them do not have Aadhaar cards yet.

Customers are meant to have Aadhaar cards to acquire the subsidy on buying a domestic LPG cylinder underneath the DBTL, otherwise they'll to pay out the entire cost from the cylinder. At the moment, customers purchase a 14kg domestic LPG cylinder for around Rs 400. When the plan is implemented, customers will need to purchase the same LPG cylinder for between Rs 900 to Rs 1000.

The brand new DBTL causes it to be compulsory for the LPG customers to possess Aadhaar number that needs to be registered using their particular LPG providers and banks to link the LPG consumer number towards the Aadhaar card and banking account number to obtain the subsidy amount directly staying with you account. The federal government will pay the subsidy quantity of about Rs 500 to Rs 600 towards the consumer with the oil marketing company right after the conclusion from the purchase process.

CPM city secretary B Ganga Rao alleged the DBTL plan could be welcomed with ire by Vizagites as presently nearly 60% from the LPG connection holders don't have Aadhaar cards. Also, he met joint collector Pravin Kumar on Monday within the same problem.

Based on Rao, aside from a sluggish Aadhaar card enrolment process, some spelling mistakes along with other errors are also based in the Aadhaar cards of a few of the LPG customers, even while a lot of lenders are declining to spread out zero balance makes up about LPG customers, that was from the rules from the DBTL.

"We've introduced all of the problems from the LPG customers towards the notice from the joint collector, who assured us he would address their appeals by ending up in the authorities concerned soon. Furthermore, the lack of walk out staff because of the continuing Samaikyandhra movement can also be affecting the progress of Aadhaar enrolment and LPG consumers' plans to acquire the DBTL plan," Ganga Rao told TOI.

However, civil supplies officer of city N Jwala Prakash stated the Samaikyandhra movement hadn't hit the progress of Aadhaar enrolment or DBTL launch that the department of civil supplies (DCS) was busy making plans. While Jwala Prakash stated the entire population 42.89 lakh within the district had around 8 lakh LPG connections of numerous gamers like Hindustan Oil, Bharat Gas and Indane, while you will find around 5 lakh LPG connections in Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) limits alone.

Mentioning he wasn't sure as the number of from the eight lakh LPG customers within the district had Aadhaar amounts as on September 16, he stated the department would unveil the plan within the district on October 1 together with Medak and Nellore districts included in the third phase. "At this time we aren't able to tell the number of LPG customers don't have Aadhaar amounts. However, in comparison using the population, 93% from the enrolment continues to be done to date within the district. Hopefully that the LPG customers may have Aadhaar amounts by December 2013," he stated.

Based on DCS reviews, from the total 42.89 lakh population from the district, 39,99,142 individuals have enrolled for Aadhaar. Of those, enrolments of two,90,883 candidates were declined, letters for 28,72,127 Aadhaar enrolments were produced, Aadhaar letters of 8,36,132 were not yet been produced and 5,79,854 everyone was yet to sign up for Aadhaar. In GVMC limits, from the total 18 lakh population 15,83,050 people had enrolled for Aadhaar.

Jwala Prakash advised individuals who're yet to sign up to approach their nearest Aadhaar card enrolment agency. Four Aadhaar enrolment agencies continue to be functioning within the city with regard to latecomers, he stated, adding these include M/s Alankrit Projects Limited, M/s Karvy Data Management, M/s Techsmart India Private Limited and M/s Wise Nick Limited. Individuals who've already enrolled for Aadhaar could possibly get the credit card through Mee seva centres, he stated, adding that doubts could be clarified by going to the Aadhaar site.

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