-The Hindu CCPA gives the go-ahead to the launch in 20 districts from May 15 The government has approved the launch of a pilot project that will entail transfer of domestic LPG subsidy directly to the consumers' account in 20 districts from May 15. The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs at its meeting late on Thursday gave the go-ahead for the scheme, which is likely to be launched across the country in October....
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Balancing soil nutrients -Satish Chander
-The Hindu Business Line Mother Nature possesses bountiful natural resources. After all, it is not for nothing that our planet is today supporting a seven billion human population, besides a large number of other living beings with varying survival requirements. Till around the end of the 19th century, agriculture, in the form it was practised, provided more or less enough food to sustain the human population of that time. This is...
More »LPG subsidy in your bank accounts from Oct 1
-PTI The government plans to provide subsidy to 14 crore LPG subscribers directly in their bank accounts from October 1, using the Aadhaar payment platform. The government, official sources said, has decided to launch "Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for LPG throughout the country tentatively from October 1". "This (transfer of LPG subsidy) would require a much larger number of beneficiaries to be covered for opening of bank accounts and linked to Aadhaar and...
More »LPG direct cash transfer scheme likely from July 1
-The Hindu The government is gearing up for the next big leap under the Direct Cash Transfer (DCT) scheme to bring a huge number of nearly 14 crore LPG consumers under its ambit. The scheme, which is likely to be launched from July 1, is aimed at directly putting the subsidy component of the domestic cylinder into the bank account of the consumers to eliminate the leakages in the system and address...
More »PM calls for improved delivery of DBT scheme-Ashok Dasgupta
-The Hindu The flagship programme will now include LPG subsidy Admitting that the UPA government's ambitious flagship Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) programme had run into unanticipated "difficulties" since its roll-out in January this year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday exhorted the departments concerned to renew efforts for its successful implementation. Dr. Singh pointed to the "unsatisfactory nature of tracking and monitoring" systems of the scheme which had the potential of "transforming...
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