The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today that as on 11th March, 2015, 11.94 crore LPG consumers have joined the PAHAL scheme out of which 9.81 crore have received permanent advance/ subsidy in their bank accounts.
No consumer, who has successfully enrolled under PAHAL scheme, is deprived of subsidy. All LPG consumers who have not joined the scheme, will be given a grace period of three months from the date of launch to join the scheme. During grace period such consumers will get LPG, as per their entitlement, at subsidized price. Additionally, a period of three months beyond grace period known as parking period has been given to LPG consumers for joining the scheme. During parking period such consumers will get cylinders as per their entitlement at market price and subsidy will be kept parked with OMCs. This parked subsidy would be released as soon as consumer joins the scheme. However, if a consumer joins the scheme after parking period, the parked subsidy would lapse and consumer will get subsidy from prospective date only.
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No consumer, who has successfully enrolled under PAHAL scheme, is deprived of subsidy. All LPG consumers who have not joined the scheme, will be given a grace period of three months from the date of launch to join the scheme. During grace period such consumers will get LPG, as per their entitlement, at subsidized price. Additionally, a period of three months beyond grace period known as parking period has been given to LPG consumers for joining the scheme. During parking period such consumers will get cylinders as per their entitlement at market price and subsidy will be kept parked with OMCs. This parked subsidy would be released as soon as consumer joins the scheme. However, if a consumer joins the scheme after parking period, the parked subsidy would lapse and consumer will get subsidy from prospective date only.
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