The Ministry for Petroleum and Natural Gas said on Thursday that over 10 crore LPG consumers have now joined the Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG scheme. This is out of a total of 15.24 crore LPG consumers in the country.
“So far, an amount of ₹ 4,299 crore has been transferred since November 15, 2014 through 11.33 crore transactions,” the Ministry said in an official statement.
Gives me great joy to know that over 10 crore citizens have been registered as a part of the PAHAL Yojana. A momentous accomplishment.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi)
February 5, 2015“Gives me great joy to know that over 10 crore citizens have been registered as a part of the PAHAL Yojana. A momentous accomplishment. This makes the scheme among the largest cash transfer schemes in the world. Congrats to beneficiaries and officials,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi added in a statement.