Domestic LPG customers in 20 districts will have to get their Aadhar card made and linked with the bank account by August this year to avail the subsidy on nine cylinders. The Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily, addressing a press conference, said aadhar number and its seeding with the bank account is a part of the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme for LPG customers and to continue receiving those benefits, they will have to get the exercise completed within three months, starting from June 1.He said all LPG consumers would get an advance in their bank account as soon as they book the first subsidize cylinder even before delivery, so that they don't feel the burden when they purchase the first cylinder at market rate.On the day of receiving for first cylinder, government will credit the subsidy again in bank account of customer for the purchase of the next cylinder at the market rate. Currently, there is 89 per cent Aadhar penetration with just half of them linked to bank accounts in these 20 districts where LPG data base stands at 75 lakh consumers.
How to get an Aadhaar card?
The Aadhaar card is increasingly becoming an important document, particularly as the government looks to transfer cash in lieu of subsidies. Government is supporting and promotingAadhaar card and making it compulsory for availing gas connections, applying for passports, opening an account etc. It's therefore important to get an Aadhaar Card and here's a look at how you could go about getting the same
.1. Aadhaar enrollment is free and is one time process. Once can apply anywhere in India irrespective of place he belongs.
2. You can go to any authorized Aadhaar enrollment center anywhere in India with your identity and address proof.
3. What if a person don't have valid documents?
Even if someone in a family does not have individual valid documents, the resident can still enrol if his/her name exists in family entitlement document. In this case the Head of Family in entitlement document needs to be enrolled first with valid PoI &PoA document. The head of the household can then introduce other members in the family while they are enrolling. UIDAI accepts 8 document types as Proof of Relationship.
Where there are no documents available, resident may also take the help of Introducers available at the enrolment centre. The introducers are notified by the Registrar.
4. At the enrollment center, please fill your personal details within the form. Your photo, finger-prints and iris scan will also be taken as a part of the enrollment.
5. You need to enrol only once. Enrolling again is a waste of your time as you will get only one Aadhaar number.
6. Based on your information provided, your details will be verified centrally. If your application is successful, an Aadhaar number will be generated and mailed to your address.
7. What is the waiting period? The waiting time for Aadhaar may vary from 60-90 days after receipt of resident data packets in CIDR. The data undergoes various stages of screening and validations in CIDR. This ensures that the source of data is authenticated besides ensuring that no duplicate exists.
8. Sample Quality checks are done on demographic and biometric data collected from residents.
9. Apart from that the operator/supervisor/introducer/enrolment agency and registrar, information in each packet is also validated. Only after passing the data quality checks and other validations, the packet goes for de-duplication and Aadhaar gets generated.
10. In case of any errors, the packet goes on hold. For example, if the particulars of the operator who enrolled the resident are found to be inconsistent with database or there is a mismatch observed in photo and age/gender (e.g. a child's photo with age mentioned as 50 years), then the packet is held for further enquiry
11. Corrective actions are taken on such packets, wherever possible, else a rejection letter guiding resident to re-enroll is dispatched to the resident.
12. How I will get the card? India Post is entrusted with the responsibility of printing and delivery of Aadhaar letters. Depending on backlog for generation, location of delivery etc.IndiaPost may ordinarily take 3-5 weeks to print and deliver Aadhaarletters to the residents.
Aadhaar card: What are the documents needed?
The Aadhaar card is increasingly becoming an important document, particularly as the government looks to transfer cash in lieu of subsidies. Here are documents needed for Aadhaarcard.IDAI process accepts 18 PoI (Proof of Identity) and 33 PoA(Proof of Address) documents. Common proofs of identity and address are election photo ID card, Ration card, passport and driving license. Photo ID cards like PAN card and Govt ID cards are permissible for identity proof. Address proof documents also include water - electricity - telephone bills from the last three months. In case you do not have above common proofs, Certificate of Identify having photo issued by Gazetted Officer/Tehsildar on letterhead is also accepted as PoI.Certificate of Address having photo issued by MP or MLA / Gazetted Officer/ Tehsildar on letterhead or by Village Panchayat head or its equivalent authority (for rural areas) is accepted as valid PoA. |
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