TNN Aug 28, 2013, 05.59AM IST
MARGAO: The deadline to apply for the liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders subsidy scheme has been extended and will now end on November 30.
Addressing mediapersons on Tuesday, South Goa district collector N D Agrawal said that there was no reason for customers to panic and stated that the oil companies have allowed a grace period of three months till November 30.
The deadline to comply with the Aadhaar card formalities was supposed to end on August 31. The requirement to avail the subsidy includes linking of Aadhar cards to their bank accounts and providing aadhaar card details to the LPG dealers.
Earlier this month, as the original deadline was approaching, the oil companies had requested their customers to obtain the Aadhaar card and submit it to the gas distributor with details of their bank account. Agrawal stated that it was brought to his notice that there were big queues at the LPG dealers across the district and that he had intervened by speaking to the oil companies and their dealers.
He added that he had asked the dealers to collect data of their customer list and send it to the district administration. Based on which the district administration will launch a drive where officials will be sent to village panchayats to ascertain how many residents had registered for the aadhaar card and the banks for the scheme. There is a facility at the district collectorate as well for those customers who have not registered with aadhaar card to apply for the same and complete the necessary formalities.
"While around 98% of Goa's population has registered for the Aadhar card but there is around 25 percent who have registered but not yet obtained the Aadhar card. We have made arrangements to issue them a temporary 'e-card' which will be accepted by the LPG dealers till they get their Aadhar card," said Agrawal.