DC | 24th Oct 2013
Nellore: The seeding of LPG consumers details with the oil marketing companies and the banks for direct benefit transfer scheme of the Government of India is in progress in SPSR Nellore district.
As of now seeding with oil companies has been completed for 2,15,229 consumers out of 4,94,060 in SPSR Nellore district and the linkage with the banks has been carried out for 1,19,393 consumers.
Speaking to this newspaper District Supplies Officer G. Umamaheswar Rao has appealed all the LPG consumers to submit their Aadhaar and Bank account details to their respective dealers without further delay to become eligible for subsidy.
He reminded that the government has set 31 December 2013 as deadline for the Aadhaar, LPG and Bank account linkage to pass on the subsidy part to the consumers account.
The consumers who fail to get their accounts linked to LPG and Aadhaar have to pay market price (Rs 1,073 now), the DSO cautioned.
According to Umamaheswar Rao, those linked their accounts will have to pay Rs 1,073 for cylinder to the delivery boy and the subsidy amount of Rs 583 will be credited to their accounts within two days after the delivery.
Referring to some complaints over subsidy part not being credited to the consumer accounts, he said that this is possible if consumers have more than one bank account and advised them to check all their accounts. "Some consumers have given one account number while obtaining Aadhaar card and another for linkage with oil marketing companies.
In such cases the amount is automatically going to the bank details they gave in Aadhaar application," the DSO noted.
He said that the oil companies credit Rs 435 to the accounts of consumers soon after the completion of linkage process towards difference in cost of LPG for 9 months. “If you find Rs 435 deposited in your account it is sign for completion of seeding,” Mr Umamaheswar Rao asserted.