KOLKATA: Direct change in LPG subsidies to Aadhaar-linked accounts for Bengal's customers might be deferred from Feb 1 to April 1, when the Mamata Banerjee government has its own way.
Since over fifty percent the populace are yet obtain 12-digit unique identification (UID) number, uncertainty looms over availing the cooking gas subsidy.
Chief secretary Sanjay Mitra has known as an urgent situation meeting, which is attended by reps from the Union secretary of state for oil and gas, the Registrar General asia, Center and condition census authorities, condition home secretary Basudeb Banerjee, food commissioner Anil Verma, finance secretary H K Dwivedi, the customer goods director and reps in the banking sector, in the Writers' Structures on Wednesday.
"We're searching in a two-month postponement from the direct benefit transfer (DBT) roll-out by then which period hopefully to pay for the utmost quantity of receivers. The problem is going to be bashed by helping cover their the Union oil ministry authorities at tomorrow's meeting," condition home secretary Basudeb Banerjee told TOI on Tuesday.
Also, he stated, "There's not a way we are able to satisfy the Feb 1 deadline, so no reason speaking about this. A 2-month leeway is going to be enough to kick-start DBT in Bengal."
Bengal has already been lagging in UID enrolment - work was delayed for 3-and-a-half several weeks for that panchayat elections. Very little was completed in September either due to the municipal elections. And today, another month is going to be lost to festivities.
The condition government has carefully focused on the April 1 extended deadline since it's already held a Feb 28 deadline for giving Aadhaar amounts.
Also, the brand new fiscal will be the most suitable here we are at applying DBT, authorities stated.
Tardy progress in biometric enrolment (taking photos of and checking from the iris and all sorts of 10 fingers) in Bengal is a bone of contention even while the program supplied by the initial Identification Authority asia (UIDAI) has put into the delay. The DBT plan is intended for five districts - Cooch Behar, Hooghly, Howrah, South Dinajpur and Kolkata where around 60% from the receivers happen to be covered - within the first phase.
The Mamata Banerjee government appears to possess woken as much as the crisis finally. Right after the Union oil ministry introduced on September 8 to deposit LPG subsidy in consumers' accounts from November 1 and latest by Feb 1, a conference with district magistrates (DMs) was organised in the Writers' a week ago. However the most pressing problem - DBT - didn't estimate the discussions even while the DMs were advised to accomplish the job by Feb 28.
"That meeting was organised through the home department, which only coordinates using the condition census directorate which accounts for giving the Aadhaar number underneath the National Population Register (NPR) programme. The house department isn't accountable for handling the DBT or even the plan to transfer LPG subsidies to consumers' accounts. Because the food department handles cooking gas, the onus of applying DBT (change in cooking gas subsidy) is in it. It's now occurred the nodal department to do the job,Inch described a senior official.
Because of the red-colored-tape, the very first significant step towards covering increasing numbers of people in Bengal under UID - to ensure that customers could possibly get their Aadhaar-linked accounts -is going to be adopted Wednesday.
A senior food department official stated, "Let's wait and watch what emerges from Wednesday's meeting. Because the chief secretary and every one of us come in direct dialogue using the oil ministry, the banking sector and all sorts of stakeholders, it will likely be simpler to chalk the strategy.Inch
Since over fifty percent the populace are yet obtain 12-digit unique identification (UID) number, uncertainty looms over availing the cooking gas subsidy.
Chief secretary Sanjay Mitra has known as an urgent situation meeting, which is attended by reps from the Union secretary of state for oil and gas, the Registrar General asia, Center and condition census authorities, condition home secretary Basudeb Banerjee, food commissioner Anil Verma, finance secretary H K Dwivedi, the customer goods director and reps in the banking sector, in the Writers' Structures on Wednesday.
"We're searching in a two-month postponement from the direct benefit transfer (DBT) roll-out by then which period hopefully to pay for the utmost quantity of receivers. The problem is going to be bashed by helping cover their the Union oil ministry authorities at tomorrow's meeting," condition home secretary Basudeb Banerjee told TOI on Tuesday.
Also, he stated, "There's not a way we are able to satisfy the Feb 1 deadline, so no reason speaking about this. A 2-month leeway is going to be enough to kick-start DBT in Bengal."
Bengal has already been lagging in UID enrolment - work was delayed for 3-and-a-half several weeks for that panchayat elections. Very little was completed in September either due to the municipal elections. And today, another month is going to be lost to festivities.
The condition government has carefully focused on the April 1 extended deadline since it's already held a Feb 28 deadline for giving Aadhaar amounts.
Also, the brand new fiscal will be the most suitable here we are at applying DBT, authorities stated.
Tardy progress in biometric enrolment (taking photos of and checking from the iris and all sorts of 10 fingers) in Bengal is a bone of contention even while the program supplied by the initial Identification Authority asia (UIDAI) has put into the delay. The DBT plan is intended for five districts - Cooch Behar, Hooghly, Howrah, South Dinajpur and Kolkata where around 60% from the receivers happen to be covered - within the first phase.
The Mamata Banerjee government appears to possess woken as much as the crisis finally. Right after the Union oil ministry introduced on September 8 to deposit LPG subsidy in consumers' accounts from November 1 and latest by Feb 1, a conference with district magistrates (DMs) was organised in the Writers' a week ago. However the most pressing problem - DBT - didn't estimate the discussions even while the DMs were advised to accomplish the job by Feb 28.
"That meeting was organised through the home department, which only coordinates using the condition census directorate which accounts for giving the Aadhaar number underneath the National Population Register (NPR) programme. The house department isn't accountable for handling the DBT or even the plan to transfer LPG subsidies to consumers' accounts. Because the food department handles cooking gas, the onus of applying DBT (change in cooking gas subsidy) is in it. It's now occurred the nodal department to do the job,Inch described a senior official.
Because of the red-colored-tape, the very first significant step towards covering increasing numbers of people in Bengal under UID - to ensure that customers could possibly get their Aadhaar-linked accounts -is going to be adopted Wednesday.
A senior food department official stated, "Let's wait and watch what emerges from Wednesday's meeting. Because the chief secretary and every one of us come in direct dialogue using the oil ministry, the banking sector and all sorts of stakeholders, it will likely be simpler to chalk the strategy.Inch
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