PAHAL-Guinness world record
Petroleum Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan presented the
certificate received from Guinness Book of World Records to the Hon'ble Prime
Minister Shri Narendra Modi today in New Delhi. The certificate is in
recognition of PAHAL as the largest cash transfer programme in the world.
Government of India launched the `PAHAL’ Scheme in 54
districts of the country on 15.11.2014 and in remaining districts of the
country on 1st January, 2015. LPG consumers who join the PAHAL scheme will get
the LPG cylinders at market price and receive LPG subsidy (as per their
entitlement) directly into their bank accounts.
The “Pahal” scheme has been acknowledged by
the Guinness Book of World Records for being
the largest cash transfer program (households) with 12.57 crore
households receiving cash transfer as of 30th June, 2015. As on 03rd
Dec, 2015, 14.62 crore LPG consumers have joined the PAHAL scheme and
are receiving the subsidy directly into their Bank Accounts.
This
scheme has enabled substantive savings in subsidy on supply of LPG consumers to
the households. As on 1st April, 2015, there were 18.19 crore registered LPG
Consumers and 14.85 crore active consumers implying a gap of 3.34 crore
consumers which are duplicate / fake / inactive accounts blocked under PAHAL
Scheme and related initiatives. If we take into account the quota of 12
cylinders per consumer and the average LPG subsidy of Rs.366 per cylinder for
the year 2014-15, estimated savings in LPG subsidy due to the blocking of 3.34
crore accounts work out to Rs.14,672 crore, during that year.
Further, as of today, out of a total of 16.27 crore active consumers, 14.62
crore consumers are availaing subsidy – resulting in further subsidy saving
for 1.65 crore consumers.
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