{"id":58404,"date":"2025-08-06T13:07:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=58404"},"modified":"2025-08-06T13:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T07:46:37","slug":"pahal-direct-benefit-transfer-for-lpg-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pahal-direct-benefit-transfer-for-lpg-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"PAHAL (Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG) Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>PAHAL Scheme Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian government has deactivated more than 4 crore duplicate or inactive domestic LPG connections under its PAHAL direct benefit transfer scheme, the Petroleum Minister told parliament recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About PAHAL Scheme<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/Direct Benefits Transfer For LPG (PAHAL) scheme, launched by the <\/span><b>Ministry Of Petroleum and Natural Gas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is India\u2019s Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system for LPG subsidies.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead of subsidized cylinders being delivered directly, the <\/span><b>consumer pays the full market price for LPG<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>government transfers the subsidy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> amount <\/span><b>to the registered bank account.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It covers over <\/span><b>17 crore LPG consumers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nationwide, making it the <\/span><b>largest cash transfer program globally.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>PAHAL Scheme <\/b><b>Objectives<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensures transparency and <\/span><b>eliminates intermediaries.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Removing incentives for diversion.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Protect the entitlement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and ensure the payment of subsidy to the consumers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Improving <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the availability or <\/span><b>delivery of LPG <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cylinders <\/span><b>for genuine customers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Eliminating <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the fake or<\/span><b> duplicate connections.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providing <\/span><b>self-selection in subsidy.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>PAHAL Scheme <\/b><b>Eligibility<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The applicant must be an <\/span><b>LPG user.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>combined taxable income of the applicant and their spouse should not exceed \u20b910,00,000<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the previous financial year, as per the Income Tax Act, 1961.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>PAHAL Scheme <\/b><b>Working<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> consumer books a gas cylinder <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the market price.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Once delivered,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the<\/span><b> government credits the subsidy amount directly <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into the linked <\/span><b>bank account<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the consumer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are<\/span><b> two types of consumers in <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the scheme:<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Primary Aadhaar-Based DBT (preferred)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Aadhaar is linked with both the LPG consumer number and the bank account.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Alternative (Non-Aadhaar-Based): Bank account is linked<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directly<\/span><b> with the LPG consumer number<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if Aadhaar linking is not available.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/india\/over-4-crore-fake-lpg-connections-blocked-as-govt-tightens-pahal-verification-19649114.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CNBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAHAL Scheme, launched by the Ministry Of Petroleum and Natural Gas, is India\u2019s Direct Benefit 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