Do you own a car? Be ready to start paying more for your cooking gas
The government had last
year excluded those with an annual income of more than Rs 10 lakh from LPG
subsidy
By eliminating 36 million fake connections through Direct
Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL), the government has saved nearly Rs 30,000
crore of cooking gas subsidy. Now, it is planning to strike car owners off the
subsidy list.
Sources in the government said the idea was in its initial
stage. The government had collected registration details of cars from regional
transport offices (RTO) in a few districts. If it worked out, there could be
huge savings on subsidy. A lot of people who have two or three cars were also
taking subsidy at present.
The government had last year excluded those with an annual
income of more than Rs 10 lakh from LPG subsidy.
For deciding on the income cap, the Ministry of Petroleum
and Natural Gas had taken details of LPG customers from the income tax
department. This included PAN, residential address, and mobile number.
However, industry experts believe getting details of vehicle
registration will be tough, as these need to be counter checked with address.
The government has taken a series of steps, such as
launching the “GiveItUp” campaign, rolling out DBTL in all districts, and
linkage of LPG connection with Aadhaar, for better targeting of subsidy.
With all these efforts, the government was successful in
detecting at least 75 million fake or duplicate connections, said sources.
As of November, India has around 251.1 million domestic LPG
consumers — out of which 121.2 million are of IOC, 64 million are of BPCL, and
another 65.9 million are of HPCL.
The Narendra Modi government was also successful in adding
another 31.6 million Below Poverty Line customers through its flagship social
sector scheme Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY).
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