Consumers can get LPG cylinders without Aadhaar account: Government

 NEW DELHI: Subsidised LPG cylinders can be purchased without having an Aadhaar account, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.

 A clarification on delinking Aadhaar account from disbursal of subsidised LPG cylinders would be issued within a week, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Veerappa Moily said during Question Hour.

 "A clarification will be issued within a week," he said. As far as Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) is concerned, Cabinet has decided to delink Aadhar account from disbursal of subsidised LPG cylinders. Now, subsidised cylinders can be purchased without Aadhaar account, Moily said. 

He said there have been some problems in DBT programme, mainly related to banks, which have been given Rs 435 per cylinder (for subsidy) which is not enough since the subsidised price of one cylinder has increased to Rs 700.

He also emphasised that the government has not increased the price of subsidised cylinders for consumers. 

Under DBT, about 4.86 crore accounts have been made and around 2.06 crore households have received subsidised cylinders. 

Regarding Know Your Customer (KYC) norms for LPG connections, the Minister said the government has already issued clarifications regarding multiple connections and would liberally look into the matter if required.

Regarding Know Your Customer (KYC) norms for LPG connections, the Minister said the government has already issued clarifications regarding multiple connections and would liberally look into the matter if required. 

To a query, he said the government would think of a new scheme to ensure that LPG connections reach people, especially to those Below Poverty Line (BPL), at the earliest.

The Minister noted that about 96 per cent of BPL families use less than six LPG cylinders a year on a single family basis. 

Noting that about 60 per cent of people are covered by LPG and PNG connections, Moily said the idea is to make the coverage 100 per cent. 

The government, if required, is ready to open more outlets and kendras for gas connections, he said. 

He also said the government has increased the limit of subsidised LPG cylinders to 12 per year. 

When a member requested the minister to provide coupons to MPs so that they can facilitate quicker LPG connections in their respective constituencies to those who are in urgent need of connection, Moily said, "We will consider it". 

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തൃശൂര്‍ കുടുംബകോടതിയില്‍ വിവാഹബന്ധം വേര്‍പിരിയുന്നതിനുള്ള സംയുക്ത അപേക്ഷയില്‍ ഇരുവരും ഒപ്പുവെച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. സ്വത്തുക്കള്‍ പങ്കുവെയ്ക്കുന്ന കാര്യത്തില്‍ തീരുമാനമാകാത്തതുകൊണ്ടാണ് വിവാഹമോചനം നീട്ടികൊണ്ടു പോകുന്നതെന്നുമാണ് വാര്‍ത്തകള്‍.

ഏക മകള്‍ മീനാക്ഷിയുടെ കാര്യത്തിലും ഇവര്‍ തമ്മില്‍ ധാരണയിലെത്തിയതായും സൂചനകളുണ്ട്. നിലവില്‍ ദിലീപിനൊപ്പമാണ് മകള്‍ താമസിക്കുന്നത്.

നേരത്തെ  മഞ്ജു വാര്യര്‍ സ്വന്തം പേരില്‍ നിന്നും ഭര്‍ത്താവായ ദിലീപിന്‍റെ പേര് ഒഴിവാക്കിയിരുന്നു. മഞ്ജു ഗോപാലകൃഷ്ണന്‍ എന്ന പേരു മാറ്റി മഞ്ജു വാര്യര്‍ എന്ന പേരു തന്നെ ആക്കിയിരുന്നു.

നടന്‍ ദിലീപിന്‍റെ യഥാര്‍ത്ഥ പേരാണ് ഗോപാലകൃഷ്ണന്‍. പേരു കൂടാതെ വീട്ടുവിലാസവും മാറ്റാനാണ് മഞ്ജുവിന്‍റെ തീരുമാനം. തൃശൂരിലെ സ്വന്തം ഭവനമായ പുള്ളിലെ വസതിയായിരിക്കും പുതിയ വിലാസം. നേരത്തെ ദിലീപിന്‍റെ വസതിയായിരുന്നു വിലാസത്തില്‍ ഉള്‍പ്പെടുത്തിയിരുന്നത്.

What the AAP government achieved in 49 days

The curtains came down on Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi Friday after it failed to table the Jan Lokpal bill in the assembly, ending 49 days of rule. The following are the achievements of the short-lived government:

* Free supply of 667 litres of water daily for households with metered connections.

* Fifty percent subsidy in electricity bills for households which consume up to 400 units of power a month.
* No red or blue beacons on official cars, bringing an end to 'VIP culture'
* All government schools surveyed for infrastructure deficiency and given Rs.1 lakh each for immediate repairs.
* Some 24,000 people exempted from paying 50 percent of their power bills during the period they took part in an AAP campaign against inflated electricity bills.
* Launched anti-corruption and nursery admission helplines.
* New permits given to 5,500 autos.
* Registered first information reports (FIR) against former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in irregularities in the preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games and Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily, former minister Murli Deora and Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani for allegedly colluding to inflate natural gas prices and raising power bills.
* Ordered audit of Delhi's three power distribution companies.

Finally, it was the opposition not allowing the tabling of the Jan Lokpal bill, one of the AAP's major poll promises, in the Delhi assembly Friday that led to Kejriwal quitting the position he had assumed Dec 28, 2013.