TS Government to solve Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL) problems

C. Partha Sarathi, Commissioner of Civil Supplies & Ex-Officio Secretary to Government held a meeting of the Oversight Committee on DBTL  today, with the Asst. Director General, UIDAI, State Level Coordinators  of the Oil Companies, State Level Bankers Committee and other officials of Oil Companies and Banks.

        Commissioner of Civil Supplies has instructed the Bankers to solve the grievances being faced by LPG consumers as well as LPG dealers with regard to seeding and software problems.  He also advised all the District Collectors to urgent call for a meeting of the District Level Bankers to expedite the Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL). 

The Committee discussed about the improvement of the  Cash Transfer Compliant (CTC)   percentage i.e. about transfer of subsidy, the Aadhaar seeding at LPG dealer point and at Banks.

   It was decided that:

i)            A meeting will be convened by the Collectors concerned with the Lead District Managers through the State Level Bankers Committee.

ii)          The Bankers should solve the software related problems being encountered by the consumers while switching over Bank accounts.

iii)         Axis Bank and ICICI Banks should provide closed account list to the Oil Marketing Companies  for advising the customer suitably. 

iv)         Forms collected from the consumers  by Oil Marketing Company distributors  should be sent to the Lead Development Ms for seeding. Lead District Manager should also give the seeding status to the Oil Companies on a weekly basis. A circular in this regard should be issued by the SLBC. 

v)          DBTL Banners / Posters should be displayed by Oil Marketing Companies at all the Branches of all the Banks.

vi)         All Banks should send SMS to customers informing them of the transfer of subsidy to their accounts. 

vii)   Oil Marketing Company distributors shall display the Permanent Enrollment Centres details prominently in the show rooms for the benefit of customers for Aadhaar seeding.

        The Commissioner of Civil Supplies informed that a meeting would be called with the 51 Bank Controlling Officers by the Commissioner of Civil Supplies for software modification and also for expediting the seeding process.

        The Commissioner of Civil Supplies made it very clear that the pace of Aadhaar seeding with the LPG dealers and the Banks should be augmented.

        The DBTL is already being implemented in three districts viz., Hyderabad, Rangareddy and Adilabad and in the remaining seven districts the same will be implemented from 1^st January, 2015.