How to get gas cylinder for Rs 500 – see full details

Rajasthan News: In Rajasthan, the Gehlot government will give LPG cylinders for Rs.500 to the families involved in the BPL and Ujjwala schemes. For this, the government will send subsidy to the account of these families. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved the proposal. This subsidy will be Rs 610 to BPL connection holders, while Rs 410 to Ujjwala connections. Under the 'Chief Minister Gas Cylinder' scheme, the government has issued orders to start this scheme on Saturday evening. There will be a financial burden of about Rs 750 crore on the government.

There are more than 73 lakh families

The three gas companies (IOCL, BPCL, HPCL) have more than 1 crore 75 lakh 48 thousand connections in the state. Of these, there are more than 69 lakh 20 thousand connections of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana. Apart from this, there are 3 lakh 80 thousand BPL families, who have gas connections. The state government will give the amount as subsidy to all these connection holders after making refill booking of cooking gas from this month (April).

Full money will have to be paid while taking the cylinder

BPL and Ujjwala connection holders will have to pay the full amount (current rate Rs 1106.50) to the agent or supplier who delivers LPG cylinders at home. When the cylinder delivery is done, Rs 610 will come directly to the bank account of the BPL connection holders as subsidy. Ujjwala connection holders will get Rs 410 as subsidy in their bank account as the central government already gives Rs 200 cheaper cylinders to these connection holders.

Bank account will have to be linked with Jan Aadhaar

To avail cash subsidy under this scheme, the connection holders will have to link their bank account with Jan Aadhaar card. If the bank account is not linked to the Jan Aadhaar card then the subsidy will not come. The state government is providing cylinders for Rs.500 only to the original residents of the state. However, this process may take some time to start. The State Government is yet to receive the list (with name and connection number) of BPL and Ujjwala connection holders from the Union Ministry of Petroleum. In such a situation, the state government is now preparing to get this data prepared through gas agencies.

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