After Uttar Pradesh, Dharmendra Pradhan reviews roll-out of Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG in Bihar

NEW DELHI: Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday checked the readiness of the DBTL (direct benefit transfer for LPG) scheme in eight districts of Bihar.

Pradhan has been monitoring the roll-out of DBTL with oil marketing companies ( OMCs) ever since the programme’s soft launch. A day earlier, he had run a similar check for six districts of Uttar Pradesh.

At a meeting attended by district-level officials and executives of OMCs from Patna, Gaya, Muzafarpur, Madhepur, Saran, Bhagalpur, Saharsa and Banka, the minister said that coordination was essential to achieve the desired results. The scheme, rechristened 'Pahal', is to be introduced nationwide.

The Modi government has re-launched the scheme after making it more consumer-friendly. Now, consumers not having an ‘Aadhar’ number can also link their bank account to their LPG connection number for getting the subsidy directly.

Pradhan has asked ministry officials and oil company executives to simplify the system and have options of Hindi and regional languages in the LPG portal - www.mylpg.in.

Forms for availing of the subsidy or linking bank account numbers to the LPG consumer number has already been simplified. The forms are available in English and Hindi.