-PTI   New Delhi: Subsidised LPG Cylinders can be purchased without having an Aadhaar account, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Friday. A clarification on delinking Aadhaar account from disbursal of subsidised LPG Cylinders would be issued within a week, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Veerappa Moily said during Question Hour. 'A clarification will be issued within a week,' he said. As far as Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) is concerned, Cabinet has decided to...

-DNA Maharashtra: To stop the destruction of forests and increase its green cover to 33% as laid down in the national policy, the state forests department has launched a campaign to rope in villagers to voluntarily enable regeneration of forests. It has distributed subsidised LPG Cylinders and grants for biogas plants and stall fed and high value milch animals (as against scrub fed cattle) to around 40,000 families living on the periphery...

-The Hindu     The UPA government's response to questions on Aadhaar's voluntariness continues to be marked by ‘intentional ambiguity.' Compulsion by stealth is used to camouflage the use of Aadhaar as a neo-liberal policy tool "This debate is ... about our specific disagreement on the meaning of that one word," i.e. "the Government now seek to persuade us that ‘voluntary' actually means ‘compulsory'." That was Nick Clegg in the United Kingdom's House of Commons...

-Outlook Kochi: Union Minister V Narayanasamy today said there is no complete rollback on Aadhaar linked subsidy on LPG Cylinders and a committee has been appointed to take a call on re-introducing it. "There is no rollback as such. A committee has been appointed and based on their report, government will take a call on re-introducing Aadhaar," the minister told reporters here. On subsidy transfers to consumers' accounts, Narayanasamy, who is the Minister...

-The Indian Express K V Thomas set the tone of the debate, citing the difficulties being faced by consumers in his constituency Ernakulam. While the cabinet acceded to Rahul Gandhi's wish and increased the annual cap for subsidised gas cylinders from nine to 12, the meeting on Thursday saw a heated debate between ministers on the linkage of LPG subsidies to Aadhaar and bank accounts so much so that an exasperated...