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PM expresses delight as 10 crore LPG consumers join PaHaL 2/5/2015 11:08:58 PM EARLY TIMES REPORT jammu, Feb 5: The Prime Minister Naren-dra Modi has expressed great joy on the momentous accomplishment that over 10 crore citizens have joined the PaHaL Yojana. He said that PaHaL will bring an end to black-marketing and subsidy will reach people more effectively and thatits role in nation-building is important. The Prime Minister highlighted that PaHaL is amongst the largest cash transfer schemes in the world and congratulated the beneficiaries and officials on this occasion. Out of 15 crore active LPG consumers, over 10 crore LPG consumers have already joined the PaHaL scheme which was introduced in 54 Districts of the country on November 15, 2014 and in rest of the country on 1st January 2015. So far, an amount of Rs 4299crore has been transferred after 15th November, 2014 via11.33crore transactions. The success of the scheme is a result of an intensive Information Education Campaign comprising of advertising through various means and directly reaching out to consumers. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has undertaken several innovative measures such as guardian officers for each district, deployment of technology by use of SMS, and a single window portal www.mylpg.in to enable consumers to join the scheme.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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