Press Releases

September 2, 2013
New Delhi

Direct Benefits Transfer of LPG Subsidy (DBT-LPG), 269 more districts to be covered over the next 4 months

Following the decision at the meeting of the National Committee on DBT held on 5 August 2013, the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has worked out a detailed proposal for the expansion of the programme for Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG subsidy. This expansion plan has been approved by the CCPA.

The DBT-LPG programme is currently under implementation in 20 districts. The list of 20 districts is annexed. The programme will now be expanded as per the time-frame given below by adding 269 more districts, taking the total number of districts to 289. Higher priority has been given to districts with higher Aadhaar penetration. The rollout schedule is:

(i). Districts currently covered is 20

(ii). Districts to be covered on 1.9.2013 is 34

(iii). On 1.10.2013, DBTL will be launched in 44 districts (Current Aadhaar penetration is >=60%)

(iv). On 1.11.2013, DBTL will be launched in 46 districts (Current Aadhaar penetration is between 50 and <60%)

(v).  On 1.12.2013, DBTL will be launched in 40 districts (Current Aadhaar penetration is between 40 and <50%, excluding NE)

(vi). On 1.1.2014, DBTL will be launched in 105 districts (Current Aadhaar penetration is between 25 and <40%, Delhi and Mumbai). 

The total coverage would be 289 districts on 1.1.2014.  The list of districts is annexed.

In the 20 districts, over 5 million transactions have taken place and over Rs 200 crore has been transferred to 2.3 million consumers. Many consumers have received the subsidy more than once, based on the number of LPG cylinders they have purchased.

Once DBT-LPG is rolled out across the 289 districts, it will cover over 7 crore consumers with a likely subsidy of over Rs 27,000 crores per annum at the rate of Rs 435 per cylinder for 9 subsidised LPG cylinders annually. This makes it one of the largest cash transfer programmes in the world.

There would be a switchover period of 3 months in all new districts during which LPG cylinders will continue to be sold at two prices, a subsidised price for those without Aadhaar linked bank accounts and a market price for those receiving DBT into their accounts. At the end of the three month period, LPG cylinders will be sold at a single price with dealers.

For other schemes, DBT currently covers 121 districts which 1/5th of the country including  UP, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Punjab, Delhi, MP, Rajasthan, AP, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Chandigarh, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Goa, Tripura, Sikkim, Uttarakhand,  Chhattisgarh, Puducherry.
 
Annexure 1

20 districts where DBT LPG is operational w.e.f. 1.6.2013.   

S. No.

State Name

District Name

1.            

Andhra Pradesh

Anantapur

2.            

Chittoor

3.            

East Godavari

4.            

Hyderabad

5.            

Rangareddy

6.            

Daman & Diu

Diu

7.            

Goa

North Goa

8.            

Himachal Pradesh

Bilaspur

9.            

Hamirpur

10.         

Mandi

11.         

Una

12.         

Karnataka

Mysore

13.         

Tumkur

14.         

Kerala

Pathanamthitta

15.         

Wayanad

16.         

Maharashtra

Wardha

17.         

Puducherry

Puducherry

18.         

Punjab

Nawanshahar

19.         

Madhya Pradesh

East Nimar (Khandwa)

20.         

Harda


Annexure 2

34 Districts for DBT LPG Launch on 1.9.13.

S. No.

State Name

District Name

Aadhaar Generated %

1

Andhra Pradesh

Srikakulam

96%

2

Guntur

90%

3

Krishna

89%

4

Adilabad

84%

5

Cuddapah

84%

6

Prakasam

77%

7

West Godavari

77%

8

Goa

South Goa

87%

9

Himachal Pradesh

Kangra

87%

10

Chamba

82%

11

Kullu

81%

12

Solan

75%

13

Sirmaur

73%

14

Shimla

72%

15

Kerala

Alappuzha

86%

16

Kozhikode

85%

17

Idukki

85%

18

Thrissur

84%

19

Ernakulam

84%

20

Kottayam

83%

21

Kollam

83%

22

Kannur

82%

23

Palakkad

81%

24

Thiruvananthapuram

80%

25

Kasaragod

77%

26

Malappuram

73%

27

Madhya Pradesh

Hoshangabad

86%

28

Burhanpur

72%

29

Maharashtra

Amravati

75%

30

Punjab

Fatehgarh Sahib

84%

31

Barnala

79%

32

Jalandhar

77%

33

Ludhiana

76%

34

Faridkot

74%

GRAND TOTAL

 82%


Annexure 3

44 Districts where DBT LPG is to be launched on 1.10.13. 

S. No.

Name of State/UT

Name of District

1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

North & Middle Andamans

2

Andhra Pradesh

Karimnagar

3

Khammam

4

Nizamabad

5

Nellore

6

Warangal

7

Medak

8

Nalgonda

9

Vizag

10

Chandigarh

Chandigarh

11

Haryana

Ambala

12

Sonipat

13

Himachal Pradesh

Kinnaur

14

Jharkhand

Ranchi

15

Hazaribag

16

Khunti

17

Ramgarh

18

Lohardaga

19

Karnataka

Dharwad

20

Udupi

21

Lakshadweep

Lakshadweep

22

Madhya Pradesh

Indore

23

Shajapur

24

Bhopal

25

Jabalpur

26

Mandsaur

27

Maharashtra

Dhule

28

Nagpur

29

Gondiya

30

Ratnagiri

31

Thane

32

Jalgaon

33

Sangli

34

Punjab

Gurdaspur

35

Moga

36

Bathinda

37

Hoshiarpur

38

Amritsar

39

Rupnagar

40

Kapurthala

41

Patiala

42

Sangrur

43

Rajasthan

Ajmer

44

Tamil Nadu

Ariyalur


Annexure 4

46 Districts where DBT LPG is to be launched on 1.11.13.

S. No.

Name of State/UT

Name of District

1

Andhra Pradesh

Mahbubnagar

2

Vizianagaram

3

Daman & Diu

Daman

4

Haryana

Panchkula

5

Faridabad

6

Jharkhand

Bokaro

7

Seraikela-kharsawan

8

Gumla

9

Garhwa

10

Dumka

11

Dhanbad

12

Palamu

13

Karnataka

Uttara Kannada

14

Gadag

15

Madhya Pradesh

Dewas

16

Ratlam

17

Neemuch

18

Maharashtra

Nandurbar

19

Ahmednagar

20

Jalna

21

Pune

22

Bhandara

23

Latur

24

Nashik

25

Chandrapur

26

Aurangabad

27

Akola

28

Satara

29

Odisha

Balangir

30

Puri

31

Khordha

32

Cuttack

33

Puducherry

Yanam

34

Punjab

S.A.S Nagar(Mohali)

35

Rajasthan

Jhunjhunu

36

Udaipur

37

Alwar

38

Kota

39

Rajsamand

40

Tamil Nadu

Tiruchirappalli

41

Madurai

42

Pudukkottai

43

Nagapattinam

44

West Bengal

Haora

45

Koch Bihar

46

Kolkata


Annexure 5

40 Districts where DBT LPG is to be launched on 1.12.13.

S. No.

Name of State/UT

Name of District

1

Gujarat

Porbandar

2

Haryana

Kurukshetra

3

Karnal

4

Kaithal

5

Jharkhand

Giridih

6

Kodarma

7

Sahibganj

8

Deoghar

9

Godda

10

Karnataka

Haveri

11

Bangalore

12

Koppal

13

Bidar

14

Davangere

15

Bijapur

16

Madhya Pradesh

Seoni

17

Ujjain

18

Satna

19

Vidisha

20

Maharashtra

Kolhapur

21

Osmanabad

22

Buldana

23

Puducherry

Karikal

24

Punjab

Mansa

25

Firozpur

26

Rajasthan

Churu

27

Dausa

28

Sirohi

29

Jaipur

30

Barmer

31

Pali

32

Sikar

33

Tamil Nadu

Cuddalore

34

Perambalur

35

Karur

36

Dharmapuri

37

Salem

38

Virudhunagar

39

Erode

40

West Bengal

Hugli


Annexure 6

105 Districts where DBT LPG is proposed to be launched on 1.1.14.

S. No.

Name of State/UT

Name of District

1

Andhra Pradesh

Kurnool

2

Delhi

Central Delhi

3

East Delhi

4

North Delhi

5

NW Delhi

6

SW Delhi

7

West Delhi

8

South Delhi

9

North East Delhi

10

New Delhi*

11

Gujarat

Rajkot

12

Narmada

13

Junagadh

14

Mahesana

15

Navsari

16

Ahmedabad

17

Valsad

18

Haryana

Rohtak

19

Gurgaon

20

Yamunanagar

21

Palwal

22

Panipat

23

Sirsa

24

Hisar

25

Rewari

26

Jhajjar

27

Jharkhand

Simdega

28

Purbi Singhbhum

29

Pashchimi Singhbhum

30

Pakaur

31

Jamtara

32

Karnataka

Chikkaballapur

33

Belgaum

34

Bangalore Rural

35

Bagalkot

36

Chikmagalur

37

Gulbarga

38

Dakshina Kannada

39

Kodagu

40

Bellary

41

Mandya

42

Kolar

43

Ramanagar

44

Chamarajanagar

45

Madhya Pradesh

Gwalior

46

Damoh

47

Katni

48

Narsimhapur

49

Sagar

50

Barwani

51

Guna

52

Rewa

53

Sehore

54

Dhar

55

Panna

56

Betul

57

Mandla

58

Chhindwara

59

Alirajpur

60

Raisen

61

Jhabua

62

Maharashtra

Mumbai (including Mumbai Sub Urban and Mumbai city)

63

Bid

64

Solapur

65

Raigarh

66

Nanded

67

Washim

68

Hingoli

69

Yavatmal

70

Gadchiroli

71

Odisha

Baleshwar

72

Bhadrak

73

Sundargarh

74

Punjab

Tarn Taran

75

Muktsar

76

Rajasthan

Bikaner

77

Jalore

78

Tonk

79

Nagaur

80

Bundi

81

Baran

82

Hanumangarh

83

Jodhpur

84

Chittaurgarh

85

Ganganagar

86

Tamil Nadu

Thanjavur

87

Dindigul

88

Thiruvarur

89

Namakkal

90

Vellore

91

Ramanathapuram

92

Viluppuram

93

Theni

94

Kanniyakumari

95

Kancheepuram

96

Thoothukkudi

97

Tirunelveli

98

Krishnagiri

99

Uttarakhand

Champawat

100

Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow

101

Kanpur Nagar

102

Etawah

103

West Bengal

Murshidabad

104

Dakshin Dinajpur

105

Maldah


*
 New Delhi included in this group to cover entire Delhi. 

 

 

 

 

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