DBTL becomes world’s largest direct benefit transfer scheme

Posted on December 26, 2014 by sagarmedia

The ambitious scheme of giving cash subsidy on cooking gas directly to consumers has become the world’s largest direct benefit transfer with 2.5 crore households getting about 550 crore rupees since 15th of last month. The direct benefit transfer on LPG (DBTL), under which cash subsidy is paid to consumers so that they can buy cooking gas at market price. The scheme was rolled out in 54 districts and will be extended all over the country from next year 1st of January.

Talking to reporters in New Delhi yesterday, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan said that in 54 districts 75 per cent of the population is covered by DBTL. He said, the scheme has surpassed number of beneficiaries in direct benefit transfer programmes in China and Brazil. Mr Pradhan said, large number of users joining the scheme and his Ministry has received 3,000 complaints in which 80 per cent have been addressed within 7 days.