LPG consumers in the city will receive cash subsidy directly into their Aadhar- linked bank accounts from January 1 next year.
“Delhi has nine districts. Delhi districts are coming on January 1, 2014 (under the Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme),” finance minister P. Chidamabaram said here on Thursday after the Cabinet meeting.
He said, “I am sure residents of Delhi will be very happy that it (DBT) is coming on January 1, 2014.”
I&B minister Manish Tewari added that there will be a three-month grace period for Delhi residents to get their bank accounts linked with Aadhar cards for deriving benefits of cash subsidy under the scheme.
“Those who have false connections are not coming out to open bank accounts,” he said, adding that the DBT scheme will help save 10 to 12 of the subsidy given by the government.
Under the scheme, `435 is credited to the Aadhar-linked accounts of LPG consumers the moment they book a cooking gas refill or cylinder.
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6,400 teachers cast votes in Duta presidential election
TAW NANA
NEW DELHI, AUG. 29
Nandita Narain, a DTF-backed candidate was leading in the Duta presidential election in a neck-and-neck fight with the Academic for Actions and Development-INTEC candidate Ashwini Shankar.
“As of now DTF is leading with few hundred votes but there is a strong chance of AAD-INTEC taking over as only two bundles have been counted and 6 more bundles are left to be counted. The result declaration might take few more hours,” said a source at the time of filing of this report.
The two other candidates in fray were National Democratic Teachers Front (NDTF) Pramod C. Sharma and the spilt AAD candidate Shiba C. Panda. A total of 6,400 out of 9,000 teachers cast their votes.